Attributed to Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch, 1621-1674
Title: The Persecution in Ireland
Date: c.1651
Medium: Ink, graphite and watercolour on paper
Dimensions:
10.3 x 14.3 cm
Credit Line: Purchased, 1896
Object Number: NGI.3248
DescriptionThis watercolour was made for an illustrated edition of the Dutch Protestant martyrology 'Hystorien der vromer martelaren' (Histories of the pious martyrs) published between 1657 and 1659 in Dordrecht. It was one of over 180 watercolours translated into print form by Jacobus Savery III (1617-1666) for a lavish publication. In this image Van den Eeckhout depicts the persecutions suffered by Irish Protestants in 1641.
ProvenanceHaarlem, 14 August 1770, P. de Hollander Sale, lot 177; Haarlem, 30 May 1786, J. Enschede Sale, lot 121; Haarlem, 23 March 1874, L. J. Quarles v. Ufford Sale, lot 97; Amsterdam, 2-3 October 1888, H. Gerlings Cz. Sale, lot 121; Amsterdam, 25-26 June 1895, W. Pitcairn Knowles Sale, lot 657; purchased, F. Muller & Co., Amsterdam, 1896
Exhibition HistoryMaster European Drawings From the Collection of the National Gallery of Ireland, Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Centre, Colorado; Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park; Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin; Pierpont Morgan Library, New York; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana; The Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minnesota; The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California; National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 1983
Ireland in Turmoil: The Depositions of 1641, Trinity College Library, Dublin, 7 Ocotber 2010 - 6 January 2011
Ireland in Turmoil: The Depositions of 1641, Trinity College Library, Dublin, 7 Ocotber 2010 - 6 January 2011