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  • A stylised painted view of New York, painted from a high viewpoint looking down on the snow-covered roofs of buildings.

    Cityscape

    Alice Neel (1900-1984)

  • Portrait of a female figure with a blue hat wearing a blue dress trimmed with brown fur.

    Winter

    Rosalba Carriera (1675-1757)

  • Detail from Sofonisba Anguissola (c.1532-1625), 'Portrait of Prince Alessandro Farnese (1545-1592), later Duke of Parma and Piacenza', c.1560. © National Gallery of Ireland

    Portrait of Prince Alessandro Farnese

    Sofonisba Anguissola (c.1532-1625)

  • Detail from Mildred Anne Butler, Shades of Evening, 1904.

    Shades of Evening

    Mildred Anne Butler (1858-1941)

  • Albumen print

    Browning's Sordello by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879)

     
  • Photographic diptych portrait of Edna O'Brien by Mandy O'Neill

    Edna O’Brien (b.1930), author, poet, memoirist, by Mandy O'Neill

     
  • Formal group portrait of five full-length figures: a girl seated at a piano, a girl resting her elbow on top of the piano, an older man gesturing towards the two girls, an older woman standing beside him, and a young Indian page boy leaning in and looking towards them.

    The Ely Family

    Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807)

  • Le Corsage Noir

    Le Corsage Noir

    Berthe Morisot (1841–1895)

  • Sarah Henrietta Purser (1848-1943), 'Le Petit Déjeuner'. © National Gallery of Ireland.

    Le Petit Déjeuner

    Sarah Henrietta Purser (1848-1943)

  • Detail from Gabriele Munter's painting 'Girl with a Red Ribbon', 1908.

    Girl with a Red Ribbon

    Gabriele Münter (1877-1962)

Photograph of Bea Orpen, sitting on a chair, looking at the camera with a book of her artwork open in front of her.

Bea Orpen

Find out more about this Irish artist, and explore the sketchbooks we hold in our collection

Find out more

  • Detail from Rosa Bonheur, A Stag, 1893.

    A Stag

    Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899)

  • Painting of King Solomon seated on throne and greeting the Queen of Sheba who is accompanied by ladies-in-waiting, a maid, a dog and a little person.

    The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon

    Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614)

  • Eva Gonzalès (1849-1883), 'Children on the Sand Dunes, Grandcamp', 1877-1878. © National Gallery of Ireland.

    Children on the Sand Dunes, Grand Cramp

    Eva Gonzalès (1849-1883)

  • Abstract composition of shapes in a frame shaped like an altarpiece

    Decoration

    Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)

Three new acquisitions

  • Tender painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Infant Jesus, in a gilt frame

    A painting by female Baroque artist Elisabetta Sirani

     
  • Two tall and spindly sculptures of sunflowers displayed on a low plinth in a gallery hung with gilt-framed oil paintings

    Sculptures by contemporary artist Daphne Wright

     
  • An oil painting featuring a nude female figure standing before a dark empty space. Her eyes are closed; in her arms and all around her are vibrantly coloured flowers.

    Duft (1937), by Hannah Höch

     

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