Roman Baroque silver for the Patriachate of Lisbon

This article discusses Roman Baroque silver objects commissioned in the late 1730s and early 1740s during the reign (1706-50) of John V of Portugal for the Patriachate of Lisbon. The Patriachate was particularly cherished by the king and consequently greatly enriched with works of art, among them many outstanding silver objects considered so extraordinary that a special room attached to the church was used to store them. These spectacular works disappeared in the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 and its immediate aftermath, so they can be studied only through written and visual sources.