Chasing at Soares dos Reis National Museum

Chasing Giger's "Portrait of Barbara M. II" in the Soares dos Reis National Museum.
Photos taken by my teacher Luísa Godinho.


An exhibition of antique silversmith was organised by the museum, to which my school was invited. My colleague, Isabel Ramos and I were representing the school and demonstrating the chasing technique to visitors.  

Soares dos Reis National Museum, located in the ancient Carrancas Palace, in Porto, Portugal, is one of the most renowned Portuguese museums.

The museum Soares dos Reis, founded in 1833, is Portugal's first national museum. It displays one of the finest collections of Portuguese art, in particular a gallery of works by Portuguese sculptor António Soares dos Reis, after whom the museum is named.

The museum has a vast collection mainly focused on Portuguese art of the 19th and 20th centuries, including painting, sculpture, furniture, metalwork and ceramics. Artists represented include painters Domingos Sequeira, Vieira Portuense, Augusto Roquemont, Miguel Ângelo Lupi, António Carvalho de Silva Porto, Marques de Oliveira, Henrique Pousão, Aurélia de Souza, Dórdio Gomes, Júlio Resende and sculptors Soares do Reis, Augusto Santo, António Teixeira Lopes, Rodolfo Pinto do Couto and many others.