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Under the protection of the seven theological and moral virtues: Faith, Hope, Cardinality, Prudence, Justice, Fortaleza, Temperance, in addition to the Science included to make up the number of eight coffins that fill the artisan ceiling, the furniture is arranged in an eclectic environment central and two Italian accountants; game tables and lacquered Chinese boxes, and chest of drawers and Portuguese chairs from the period and style of D. Maria I (1734-1816). On the left, above the counter, among the appliqués of baroque carving, a watercolor on parchment by Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840), Branch of malvaiscos. The tapestries manufactured by the Gobelins (17th century) narrate two episodes of the Life of Moses - Moses sprouts water from Herob's rock and Moses helps Madian's daughters.
The bust of D.Fernando II was created by the Belgian Guillaume Geefs (1805-1883) and the portrait of his daughter Dona Antónia (1845-1913) was executed by the painter Franz Winterhalter and has the provenance of Windsor Castle on the back. .
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