Red Room and portrait, Biblioteca Joanina, Coimbra, Portugal

Red Room, with bookcases with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, looking through archway to the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. IN the Black Room is the portrait of King John V or Joao V, 1689-1750, by Domenico Dupra, 1725, topped by a gilded sculptural crown and angels. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250, 000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Picture No

13435868

Media ID

45114882

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4659px x 7087px (13.2MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen