Portrait of a young nobleman: a knight of the Order of Calatrava
Subtitle: National Palace of Sintra | Collections In Focus
Publisher: Parques de Sintra-Monte da Lua, S.A.
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Sintra, Portugal
Language: eng
Format: eBook / PDF / PDF/A
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9789899981508
Description: First volume in the "Collections in Focus | National Palaces" series, an open-access digital publishing initiative whose aim is the dissemination of the results of recent research, studies and discoveries on the holdings of the Royal Palaces of Sintra, Queluz and Pena.

The study focuses on an emblematic painting from the collections of the Royal Household, a court portrait acquired in the time of Queen Maria Pia of Savoy about which little detail existed in terms of authorship, dating, context surrounding its production, prior whereabouts, the acquisition process and its incorporation into the royal collections  as the “Portrait of King Sebastião of Portugal”. 

This monograph counted upon the collaboration of the Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena, California, USA) and the Prado National Museum (Madrid, Spain).
Table of contents: title: CHAPTER 1; title: Current state of research: sources and considerations concerning the portrait.; title: CHAPTER 2; title: Identification of the young knight. From King Sebastião to the Count of Saldaña.; title: CHAPTER 3; title: Suggested dating.; title: CHAPTER 4; title: A portrait in princely tones.; title: CHAPTER 5; title: Descriptive analysis.; title: CHAPTER 6; title: By express order of the Queen.; title: CHAPTER 7; title: A portrait of King Sebastião that never was and a connection to Pantoja that always existed.; title: CHAPTER 8; title: Final Summary. The portrait in the written sources, 1867-2016.