The Blessing of the Colours
Artist
Sir John Lavery
(1856 - 1941)
Date1922
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions243.8 x 182.9 cm
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery.
Donated by Sir John Lavery (the Artist), 1935.
Object number699
DescriptionThis painting depicts the first occasion on which the tricolour was blessed. The ceremony was carried out in the Pro-Cathedral, by the Archbishop of Dublin. Lavery was aware of the historic occasion and captures the event on a large canvas at the precise moment the flag is being blessed. From the 1960s to the 1990s this painting was on loan to Collins Barracks, Dublin.(Catalogue Entry [23]: Hazel, Lady Lavery Society and Politics, Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, 18 September - 3 November 1996, p. 222)
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