Fellowship Stained Glass: A Passion of King Ferdinand II at Pena National Palace in Sintra

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label Burse autorenew 2025-09-29, 17:01 history_edu Catan Andreea Corina
Faculdade de Cincia e Tecnologia (FCT/UNL) and Parques de Sintra - Monte da Lua, SA (PSML) are looking for an individual to participate in the project Stained Glass: A Passion of King Ferdinand II - Assembling the Puzzle as a one-year fellow, to be financially supported by the Portuguese Fundao para a Cincia e Tecnologia. This cooperation will take place at Pena National Palace in Sintra, Portugal.

This project aims at studying the collection of stained glass assembled by Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1816-1885). It will identify the commercial network for the consumption of historical stained glass in the 19th century, it will study the iconography of the panels from this collection, it will carry chemical characterization of the glass and it will study the techniques of its production.



The fellow can also expect to work within a museum environment and to be part of a multitasked and very enthusiastic team.

AIMS:
  • To identify and systematize primary sources which are relevant to the project;
  • To update the records of stained glass objects in the Palace’s database to the most recent knowledge.
KEY RESPONSABILITIES:
  • He/she will research on primary and secondary sources, published and unpublished, in Portugal and abroad (a short part of the research may be conducted in Germany and/or the United Kingdom);
  • He/she will develop art historical analysis of the panels of the collection of Stained Glass of Pena Palace;
  • He/she will write texts for the database of the Palace’s Collection according to the results of research.