Dealbhóireacht
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sculpture collection is dispersed throughout the painting galleries and
belongs principally to the 17th to 19th centuries. In the early years of
the Collection the ground floor was full of plaster casts from antique
sculpture. The study of such antiquities is now echoed in fine 18th century
marble copies by Piamontini and Cavaceppi. Their impact is reflected in
small Florentine bronzes of Hercules by Tacca and the late 18th century
statue of Adonis by Poncet, presented by the Duke of Leinster.
The largest number of sculptures are Irish portrait busts. Cunningham, Kirk, Moore and Turnerelli recorded numerous likenesses in Dublin and London, while two neoclassical sculptors, Hewetson and Hogan, were based in Rome. Foley, well-known for public monuments, was adept at both portraits and subject pieces. The statue commemorating William Dargan outside the Gallery is by Farrell. Gifts to the collection have added bronzes by Rodin, Dalou and Epstein. The Shaw Fund enabled the acquisition of a baroque portrait by Duquesnoy and life-size statues of Cronos by Dietz, a processional figure of Elias attributed to Villabrille y Ron, and a Eurydice by MacDonald, originally commissioned for Powerscourt House. A pair of decorative Jardinieres are thought to be by the Venetian sculptor, Brustolon.
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