Sacristy
The sacristy dates from 1622 and is of Mannerist architecture and designed by Pedro Tinoco. The Sacristy of the Monastery of Santa Cruz is possibly the largest in Portugal. The enormous window at the top gives it an extraordinary luminosity, as well as the extraordinary octagonal boxes that fill the vaulted ceiling and the two-tone stone floor.
Other important objects are also part of the rich collection, such as the valuable Mirror with a frame from the 18th century and the huge wooden images next to the Cross: Our Lady and St. John the Evangelist, and on the opposite side, that of Santa Gúdula and St. Gertrude, all from the 18th century.
Here we can see the arcaz (large chest with drawers) made of exotic wood from Brazil and decorated with ivory, dating from the 17th century, and the closet-amuary, set into the east wall, which bears an emblematic Cross held by two angels, and where there are still some ivory tables identifying the names of some of its last users, the Crúzios (the name by which the monastery's friars were known).
On the walls covered with 17th century tiles, we find paintings on wood from the beginning of the 16th century - namely "The Pentecost" by Grão Vasco, "Ecce Homo" and “The Calvary", The Virgin" and the "Holy Women" by Cristóvão de Figueiredo, two of the best 16th century painters. Also magnificent is "The Descent from the Cross", an 18th century painting attributed to André Gonçalves.
Noteworthy are also paintings by Garcia Fernandes.
Notables are also the large wooden sculptures dating from the 17th century - the Crucifixion with Christ, the Virgin and St. John, and St. Gudula and St. Gertrude, two saints of the Augustine Order.
On the east side of the sacristy, you can see the vaulted lavabo house that is covered in 17th magnificent century tiles.