The Taking of Christ
Caravaggio painted this scene for the Roman Marquis Ciriaco Mattei. It is on indefinite loan from the Jesuit Community, Leeson Street, Dublin.
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Images in the demo: The Taking of Christ, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, 1602; Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid, Johannes Vermeer, c.1670; The Meeting on the Turret Stairs, Frederic William Burton, 1864. All three are reproduced as cropped details from public-domain files on Wikimedia Commons. The Taking of Christ is on indefinite loan to the National Gallery of Ireland from the Jesuit Community, Leeson Street, Dublin; the other two works belong to the Gallery's collection.
What the National Gallery of Ireland collection covers
The National Gallery of Ireland holds Irish and European art from about 1300 to the present. Its Dublin gallery opened to the public in 1864. History
The collection includes painting, sculpture, prints and drawings, decorative arts and photography. The Gallery also cares for Caravaggio's The Taking of Christ on indefinite loan from the Jesuit Community in Dublin.
Its collection strengths include Irish art, European art from about 1300 to the present, Italian Baroque and Dutch masters, and works by Vermeer, Titian and Caravaggio.
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Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid
A woman writes a letter while her maid gazes out of a window. Sir Alfred and Lady Beit presented the painting to the Gallery in 1987.
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The Meeting on the Turret Stairs
Burton drew on a medieval Danish ballad for this watercolour. Margaret McNair Stokes bequeathed the work to the Gallery in 1900.
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These are collection records, not confirmation that the works are on display today.
Check the photography rules first
The National Gallery of Ireland permits casual still photography and video for personal, non-commercial use and photography of out-of-copyright collection works, prohibits flash, tripods, monopods, supplementary lighting and selfie sticks in exhibition areas, forbids photography of marked in-copyright or long-term-loan works, requires prior Executive Leadership Team permission for staged photographs or photography and filming of stored works, staff or contractors, and requires visitors to stop if their camera use seriously disrupts others; commercial, event, media and student filming requests must go through the relevant Gallery department, with event photography confined to the booked space and day by prior permission and other wedding or engagement requests not facilitated. Read its current visitor conditions and follow gallery signs before taking a photo. National Gallery of Ireland photography policy
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