Attributed to GARRETT MORPHY (1655–1715)
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Portrait of a gentleman wearing a black cloak with a lace jabot
Oil on canvas
102 x 76 cm. (40 x 30 ins.)
Garrett Morphy was Ireland’s leading portrait in the late seventeenth and early
eighteenth century. His portrait of Archbishop Oliver Plunkett (executed at
Tyburn, London, in 1681) was reproduced as a mezzotint. It is believed that he
studied under the Flemish portrait artist Gaspar Smitz (c.1635 – 1688) who was
an active painter of the Irish aristocracy in the 1660s and 1670s
Dimensions: 102 x 76cm.
Oil on canvas
102 x 76 cm. (40 x 30 ins.)
Garrett Morphy was Ireland’s leading portrait in the late seventeenth and early
eighteenth century. His portrait of Archbishop Oliver Plunkett (executed at
Tyburn, London, in 1681) was reproduced as a mezzotint. It is believed that he
studied under the Flemish portrait artist Gaspar Smitz (c.1635 – 1688) who was
an active painter of the Irish aristocracy in the 1660s and 1670s
Dimensions: 102 x 76cm.
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Attributed to GARRETT MORPHY (1655–1715)
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