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Exhibition

Treasures of Early Irish Art

The Goddess Ganga, India, Himachal Pradesh, Mandi, c. 1650-75.Opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper12 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gift of Stella Kramrisch, 1987.

When

Feb 25, 1979 May 27, 1979

Treasures of Early Irish Art opened at the Museum on February 25. Comprising works from the National Museum of Ireland, the Royal Irish Academy, and Trinity College, Dublin, and organized in collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the exhibition toured the United States for two years, ending in Philadelphia.

Organizers

Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin
Minister for Education of the Republic of Ireland
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Itinerary

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Philadelphia Museum of Art

Curators

David DuBon

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