National Gallery of Ireland
The National Gallery of Ireland ( Irish Gailearaí Náisiúnta na hÉireann ) in Dublin , Merrion Square West, houses a national collection of Irish and European art. It was opened to the public in 1864, ten years after it was founded, and contains a comprehensive and representative collection of Irish paintings and well-known paintings of the Italian Baroque and Dutch masters.
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Its first director was George Mulvany (1809-1869). Raymond Keaveney held office from 1988 to 2012, who was followed in 2012 by Sean Rainbird , who headed the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart from 2006 to 2012 .
The collection includes masterpieces by Fra Angelico ( Saints Cosmas and Damian and their brothers survive the fire death , approx. 1439–1442), Tizian ( Ecce Homo , 1558–1560), Lavinia Fontana ( The visit of the Queen of Sheba , approx. 1600 ), Caravaggio (the capture of Christ , 1602), Velázquez ( kitchen maid at the meal of Emmaus , approx. 1617–1618), Rembrandt van Rijn ( The Rest on the Flight into Egypt , 1647), Jan Vermeer ( letter writer and maid , approx. 1670 ), Thomas Gainsborough ( Cottage Girl with Dog and Pitcher , 1785), Goya ( Portrait Antonia Zárate , c. 1805–1806), Thomas Farrell (bronze statue William Dargan , 1863) and Claude Monet ( Le Bassin d'Argenteuil avec un voilier , 1874).
literature
- Raymond Keaveney: The National Gallery of Ireland: Essential Guide . Scala Publishers, London 2002, ISBN 1-85759-267-0 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Viola Barrow: The National Gallery of Ireland . In: Dublin Historical Record . tape 36 , no. 4 . Old Dublin Society, 1983, p. 132-139 , JSTOR : 30100737 . Paula Murphy: Thomas Farrell, Sculptor . In: Irish Arts Review Yearbook . tape 9 , 1993, pp. 196-207 , JSTOR : 20492737 .
Coordinates: 53 ° 20 ′ 27.2 ″ N , 6 ° 15 ′ 9 ″ W.