It was built in the 1920s as the atelier of artists António Carneiro (1872-1930) and his son Carlos Carneiro (1900-1971), key figures in Portuguese art, particularly in the Symbolist and Modernist contexts, respectively. António Carneiro’s other son, the composer Cláudio Carneyro (1895-1963), also lived here. The collection comprises around three hundred works by the artist, including: the final study for “A Vida” (Life), a work from the transition from the 19th to the 20th century; the grand canvas “Camões lendo os Lusíadas aos frades de São Domingos” (Camões reading “The Lusíadas” to the friars of São Domingos) and self-portraits, among many other works.