3493 x 5242 px | 29,6 x 44,4 cm | 11,6 x 17,5 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
9. März 2007
Ort:
Jeronimos Monastery, Praca do Imperio 1400-206 Lisbon, Portugal, Europe
Weitere Informationen:
The ornate main entrance to the Jeronimos monastery was designed by Joao de Castilho and is considered as one of the most magnificent of his time. This shrine-like portal is large, 32 m high and 12 m wide, extending up for two stories. It features, surrounded by an abundance of gables, pinnacles, many carved figures standing under a baldachin in exquisitely carved niches, around a statue of Henry the Navigator, standing on a pedestal between the two doors. The tympanum, above the double door, displays in half-relief two scenes from the life of St. Jerome. On the left, the removal of a thorn by St. Jerome from a lion's paw, after which the lion became his best friend. The right scene depicts the saint in the desert. The spandrel between these scenes shows the coat-of-arms of king Manuel I. The statue with the sword in the niche of the pier probably represents Henry the Navigator Wherever one looks in the archivolt and tympanum, one sees all the elements of the Manueline style. The Madonna of Belem stands on a pedestal on top of the archivolt, above it stands a statue of the Archangel Michael and on top of the portal stands the cross of the Order of Christ. The portal is harmoniously flanked on each side by a large window with richly decorated mouldings.
