The Grão Vasco museum in Viseu houses an exquisite collection of wood statues from the 18th century. The names of the sculptors who created these pieces have long been lost. What remains is the mastery with which they used their mallets and chisels to breathe life into wood.
The Grão Vasco museum is located at Adro Sé in Viseu, tel 232 422 049.
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As always, informative and interesting. Thanks indeed.
That particular skill seems to have extended to Portuguese furniture-making too – we noticed many examples of beautifully carved items of household furniture on our travels throughout Portugal. I hope the art is continuing to be passed down.
There indeed still some active practitioners of the art of wood carving.
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