Caravaggio's The Taking of Christ at the National Gallery of Ireland
The National Gallery of Ireland PodcastShow Notes
To mark the 25th anniversary of the unveiling of Caravaggio's The Taking of Christ at the National Gallery of Ireland, two of the key players in the painting's fascinating journey, Raymond Keaveney who was Director of the Gallery at the time, and Fr Noel Barber SJ, sat down to talk about their recollections of the painting's identification and subsequent unveiling with broadcaster Marian Finucane.
Recorded in the National Gallery of Ireland's lecture theatre on 15 November 2018.
A PDF transcript of this live recording is available to download here: https://www.nationalgallery.ie/sites/default/files/2022-01/podcast-transcript-caravaggio-taking-of-christ-with-fr-noel-barber-sj-raymond-keaveney-marian-finucane.pdf
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