Minerva as Protector of the Arts

Details

Vincenzo Valdrè, called Vincent Waldré (1742-1814)
Minerva as Protector of the Arts
oil on panel, unframed
34¼ x 56 in. (87 x 142.3 cm.)

Provenance

Senator Edward A. McGuire, Newtown Park House, Newtown Park, Co. Dublin.

Literature

Crookshank & Glin, Ireland's Painters, 2002, p. 175, fig. 225.

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Lot Essay

An Italian painter who settled permanently in Ireland in the 1790s (having first been sent from Stowe in 1787 by the Marquess of Buckingham, the Lord Lieutenant), Waldré is most famous for having painted the ceiling of Saint Patrick's Hall, Dublin Castle, the bozzetto for which is set as a table top in the Council Chamber of the Royal Dublin Society (Crookshank & Glin, op. 2002, p. 175). The classicising ornament in the spandrels surrounding the ceiling's central canvas bears a marked resemblance to those in the present picture.

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