Invented Landscapes:
How Old Masters drew Nature
11 February 2023 - 22 May 2023 (extended until 12th June)
The landscape as an independent, image-worthy subject appeared late in Western Art and its beginnings lie in the more private medium of drawing. This exhibition will showcase how artists of the Renaissance and Baroque developed and then fuelled an interest in the subject of nature: from the Venetian artist Domenico Campagnola's (1500-1564) idyllic landscapes of a romantic rural life to the French master Claude Lorrain (1600-1682), whose name became synonymous with landscape painting.
"Illustrious Persons"
Immortalising the Faces of Bureaucracy, Robert Nanteuil 1623-1678
11 February 2023 - 22 May 2023 (extended until 12th June)
Robert Nanteuil (1623-1678) was the most influential and innovative engraver in the seventeenth century, immortalising the court and officials of Louis XIV in France. This display explores twelve of his engraved portraits, interrogating the faces of the corridors of power. The prints are from the collection of Dean Henry Aldrich (1648-1710), and also show the fascination that an English audience had for these works.
Lunchtime Talks on the "Illustrious Persons" Immortalising the Faces of Bureaucracy, Robert Nanteuil 1623-1678 exhibition
Curatorial Assistant Claire Ó Nualláin will be giving a 15-minute talk on the exhibition she has curated on the following dates, at 12.45pm:
31st March 2023
14th April 2023
21st April 2023
28th April 2023
