Potterton, Homan.

Illustrated Summary Catalogue of Paintings. Introduction by Homan Potterton, Director.

Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1981. 24.2cm x 18.7cm. xxxxii, 363 pages. With 2,200 illustrations. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Includes for Example: Irish School/ Continental and British Schools/ Current Attribution/ Changes of Attribution Since the 1971 Catalogue Paintings/ Identified Portraits/ Identified Views/ Old Testament Subjects/ Identified Saints and Archangels/ The Lives of the Virgin and Christ/ Mythological, Historical and Literary Subjects/ Gift and Bequests before 1900/ Gifts after 1900/ Bequests after 1900/ Works Bought at Known Sales and Auctions/ Gifts from the Friends of the National Collections etc.

This Catalogue lists the basic data on every oil painting in the National Gallery of Ireland and accompanying each description is an illustration of each painting. The Catalogue excludes the collection of watercolours and drawings, which, it is planned, will be published in a subsequent similar volume. The book therefore illustrates more than 2,200 paintings of which perhaps as many as one half have never before been illustrated. The listing includes and illustrates all acquisitions up to December 1980.

The introduction which relates to the history of the Gallery from its foundation in 1864 to the present day, draws extensively on unpublished material contained in the minutes of the meetings of the Board of Governors and Guardians. Comprehensive appendices represent the first attempt ever at listing the pictures according to subject matter and provenance. This major work of reference will be of inestimable value as a comprehensive descriptive listing of one of Europe’s finest public collections of paintings.

• Keywords: Catalogue Four – International Art · Catalogue Irish History Eight – Irish Art & Architecture · Irish Art · Irish Art – Rare · Irish History
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0717111458
• Inventory Number: 41331AB

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