Art experts from India and Portugal are working on the Old Goa Revelations Project to analyse colonial era portraits

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The portraits are in Goa's Archaeological Museum and Portrait Gallery in the Convent of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi

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The gallery is home to 121 paintings from the colonial period, all of them portraits of the governors of Goa

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The teams from ASI and from Portugal have been working on the portraits in Goa since 2019

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They are using non-invasive technology, including digital microscopy, radiography and spectrometry mapping

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They also mapped the chemical elements of the paintings and found that many paintings were done by Goan artists

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An infrared reflectography camera was used to analyse the paintings, and older paintings were found beneath the surface of some

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More such secrets are likely to be revealed as the project continues

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Art experts from India and Portugal are working on the Old Goa Revelations Project to analyse colonial era portraits

Photo Credit: Courtesy ASI/Ian de Noronha

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By Team Lounge
Published Jun 28, 2023

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The portraits are in Goa's Archaeological Museum and Portrait Gallery in the Convent of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi

Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The gallery is home to 121 paintings from the colonial period, all of them portraits of the governors of Goa

Photo Credit: Courtesy ASI

The teams from ASI and from Portugal have been working on the portraits in Goa since 2019

Photo Credit: Courtesy ASI

They are using non-invasive technology, including digital microscopy, radiography and spectrometry mapping

Photo Credit: Courtesy ASI/David Reis

They also mapped the chemical elements of the paintings and found that many paintings were done by Goan artists

Photo Credit: Courtesy ASI/Sara Valadas

An infrared reflectography camera was used to analyse the paintings, and older paintings were found beneath the surface of some

Photo Credit: Courtesy ASI/Teresa Reis

More such secrets are likely to be revealed as the project continues

Photo Credit: Courtesy ASI

Art experts from India and Portugal are working on the Old Goa Revelations Project to analyse colonial era portraits

Photo Credit: Courtesy ASI/Ian de Noronha

web stories

By Team Lounge Published Jun 28, 2023

Mint Lounge

The portraits are in Goa's Archaeological Museum and Portrait Gallery in the Convent of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi

Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The gallery is home to 121 paintings from the colonial period, all of them portraits of the governors of Goa

Photo Credit: Courtesy ASI

The teams from ASI and from Portugal have been working on the portraits in Goa since 2019

Photo Credit: Courtesy ASI

They are using non-invasive technology, including digital microscopy, radiography and spectrometry mapping

Photo Credit: Courtesy ASI/David Reis

They also mapped the chemical elements of the paintings and found that many paintings were done by Goan artists

Photo Credit: Courtesy ASI/Sara Valadas

An infrared reflectography camera was used to analyse the paintings, and older paintings were found beneath the surface of some

Photo Credit: Courtesy ASI/Teresa Reis

More such secrets are likely to be revealed as the project continues

Photo Credit: Courtesy ASI

By Team Lounge
Published Jun 28, 2023