Adjustments to the remodelling work schedule at the MNAA have allowed the temporary reopening of nine rooms within the European painting gallery until the end of the summer. This presents an opportunity to keep some of the collection's key works on display while creating new arrangements that connect these art pieces in innovative ways.

The Temptations of St. Anthony triptych, by Jheronimus Bosch, is showcased in the Sala do Tecto Pintado alongside four other 16th-century Flemish ‘temptations’ -emphasising the lasting influence of Bosch's diabolical imagery- and a panel depicting the encounter between the Hermit and the Satyr which offers a rare portrayal of the saint in Portuguese painting.

Moreover, two paintings by Nuno Gonçalves are confronted with works by artists such as Piero della Francesca, Bartolomé Bermejo, Hugo van der Goes, and Albrecht Dürer. This comparison enriches the understanding of Gonçalves's art, placing the Portuguese painter within the broader European trend of the 15th century that accentuated the magnificence and prominence of the human figure.

In the following rooms, a selection of portraits, landscapes, and still lifes from various periods and artistic movements is brought into dialogue, revealing the influence of Caravaggio's tenebrism on both Italian and Spanish painting. The persistence of Nordic Realism in 17th-century painting from both the northern and southern Netherlands is explored, and works from the museum collection, spanning from Italian Rococo to French 19th-century Naturalism -many of which are usually in storage- can also be seen on display.