Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947)
Nude before a Mirror or Bather, 1915
Purchased, Christie’s, New York, 2009
Photo © National Gallery of Ireland

Roderic O’Conor (1860-1940)
Nature Morte aux Pommes et Pots Bretons/Still-life with Apples and Breton Pots, c.1896-97
Presented, AIB (Heritage Gift), 2003
Photo © National Gallery of Ireland

Johann Zoffany (1733-1810)
George Fitzgerald with his sons, George and Charles, c.1764
Presented, Mr and Mrs John Gallagher (Heritage Gift), 2007
Photo © National Gallery of Ireland

Acquisitions 2000-2010
13 MARCH - 25 JULY 2010

A decade of acquisitions at the National Gallery of Ireland will be showcased in an exhibition reflecting the different areas of the collection. It will include works by Continental Masters from mid-nineteenth to early twentieth century: van Gogh, Renoir, Caillebotte, Bonnard, Pechstein and Feininger, and Old Masters: Cuyp, Maratti, Honthorst and Zoffany.

The exhibition will also feature a number of important additions to the Irish school, from landscapes by Thomas Roberts and George Barret to Modernist painters: Louis le Brocquy, William Scott and John Luke. The National Portrait Collection has been strengthened in recent years by the addition of historic pieces. Complementing the canvases are works on paper and miniatures, where Boucher, Orpen, Maclise, Burton, Brockhurst, Gleizes, Turner and Jack B. Yeats are represented.

Beit Wing & Print Gallery. Admission free.

Press Release

Talks & Tours

Exhibition Catalogue

A fully illustrated catalogue for the exhibition Taking Stock: Acquisitions 2000-2010, edited by Adrian Le Harivel, is available from the Gallery Shop, price €19.95, telephone 01 663 3518.

Special Exhibition Tour & Dinner

On Thursday 18 March (5.30-8.30pm) the National Gallery of Ireland and With Taste Café are offering a special tour of the exhibition, followed by dinner. Prices €27pp (2 courses) or €33pp (3 courses), to include wine or beer. For reservations, telephone With Taste (01) 661 0545 or email bookings@withtaste.ie.

Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667)
Man writing a Letter, c.1664-1666
Photo © National Gallery of Ireland

Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667)
Woman reading a Letter,
c.1664-1666
Photo © National Gallery of Ireland

Gabriel Metsu 1629-1667 4 SEPTEMBER - 5 DECEMBER 2010

In September 2010, the National Gallery will present
an exhibition celebrating the Dutch seventeenth-century artist Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667) and his exquisite scenes of daily life, which rank among the finest of the Dutch Golden Age. It will bring together some 40 of his paintings and drawings from public and private collections around the world. An accompanying catalogue will be published, edited by Dr Adriaan Waiboer, NGI curator of the exhibition and author of the catalogue raisonée on Metsu. Following its showing at the National Gallery of Ireland, the exhibition will travel to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam and on to the National Gallery of Art, Washington.