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By Beatrice Elvery - Betty Duncan, Jim Duncan, Frank Craig, Page Dickinson, Frank Sparrow, Alan Duncan, Conor O'Brien, Dominic Rice, J Hone, Beatrice Campbell, Mervyn Columb, Sir William Orpen, Casimir Markievicz, Richard Orpen, George Woods, Sir John O'Connell and W.B. Yeats.
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Stunning drawing in black chalk c.1490, attributed to Andrea Mantegna, and a presumed portrait of his great patron, Francesco Gonzaga, Lord of Mantua.
Just one of the highlights from the current exhibition “Rembrandt to Matisse” (it actually goes earlier) @NGIreland
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50 years ago this month the design world lost one of its great pioneers. No better time for a tribute to Eileen Gray's modernist masterpiece E-1027, in this anniversary month, than by @PatriciaDublin from Oct 25. Find it (& other archive treasures) on our website or RTÉ Listen
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Amazing turn-out today, for Around Dublin’s Medieval Walls. Loads of our regulars, plus visitors from Germany and US as well.
Next tours up: two, unique November Art tours, exploring 2, very different aspects of the National Gallery collections.
Details coming next 48 hrs
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Yes, by William G. Murray. One of the best along the College Street, College Green, Dame St smorgasbord of fine, 19C bank and insurance headquarter buildings.
Of course, as a friend once remarked, they were all in sort-of unspoken, architectural pissing contest with the BoI.
While most Irish people understandably don’t have much grá for banks, they at least left us with some of Dublin’s most beautiful architecture. The former Provincial Bank of Ireland with its carved Portland stone, classical columns and symbolic figures on top is a great example.
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An extraordinary musician, arranger & producer.
A huge loss to Irish music.
Donal Lunny RIP
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Usher Quay Post Office, Dublin 2015
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The subtle distortions in this 1652 “View of Delft” by Carel Fabritius meant it was to be seen through a lens, as part of a viewing device.
The same church appears (distantly) in a 1654 view by Egbert van der Poel, of Delft after the 1654 explosion. Fabritius one of the dead
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On my annual pilgrimage, to gawp at art works in the some of the great museums of the world.
This time around, it’s off a very rainy London (where I used to live)
And as so often happens it’s the great northern and Flemish masterpieces that seize you first.
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City of Dublin Steam Packet Co postcard sent from the RMS Leinster to an address in Dublin. In October 1918 the Leinster was torpedoed by a German U-Boat a few miles off the coast of Dublin resulting in the largest single loss of life in the Irish Sea.
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Although we’ve just 1 public outdoor tour remaining in 2026 - Around Medieval Walls, 28 Oct - we offer private tours almost up Xmas.
(Here’s a lovely private group we had on Sat)
Want to allow a friend book a tour?
A Dublin Decoded gift card is your perfect Xmas present! 🎁
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Beware all. This innocent looking piece, about an artist we all loved, links to something that really appears to come from the @Independent_ie .
Looks exactly like an article in the Indo, the font/ typeface, layout.
It is phoney, and a deeply cynical, fake investment scam
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Positive signals from the restoration of #Dublin8's landmark #IveaghMarket. dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-ne…
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St Luke is patron saint of artists, as he was thought to have painted a portrait of the Virgin.
It meant artists guilds across medieval & renaissance Europe were called the Guild of St Luke.
Many works depict him painting her.
The most famous are by Rogier van der Weyden.
18th October is the Feast of St Luke who is depicted here with his symbol.
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 34; The Four Gospels in Armenian; 1606 CE; Stampoul (Istanbul), Church of Saint Nikoghayos; ff.106v-107r (e-codices.ch/en/list/one/fmb…)
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'For sleeking beauties I spinned their nightinveils'
[FW]
Sleeping Beauty interpreted by Harry Clarke.
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#Otd 1683: @tcdphil founded by William Molyneux FRS (1st secretary, recorded weather data, calculated eclipses, did experiments).
Helped by his brother Sir Thomas Molyneux & later Provost St George Ashe.
Famous members e.g. Jonathan Swift, Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker!
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