「Synnott Family Collection The portraits on display in this room are on loan to Dublin Castle from the Synnott family. They depict figures connected with Irish political and cultural history over several centuries, many of whom also had close links to Dublin Castle. To the left of the oval portrait above the fireplace is a depiction of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565–1601). Lord Essex was beheaded under the orders of Queen Elizabeth I following his unsuccessful tenure as Viceroy of Ireland in 1599. To the right of the oval portrait is
against British rule in 1798. Having been wounded during his arrest on the eve of the rebellion, he was briefly detained in Dublin Castle. He later died from his injuries in Newgate Prison and is buried in the crypt of St Werburgh’s Church, which adjoins Dublin Castle. Above the door to the next room is a portrait of the celebrated Irish writer Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), author of Gulliver’s Travels, who was born
THE WEDGWOOD ROOM(ウェッジウッドの間)。 1849年のセント・パトリック・デイ舞踏会での部屋の様子が描かれている と。
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「THE WEDGWOOD ROOM The so-called Wedgwood Room derives its name from the blue and white decorative scheme that recalls the distinctive colours of Wedgwood pottery. It was completed in 1777 as the lobby or ante-room to the adjoining Gothic Room. In 1849 it became the Billiard Room, when a new billiard table of the best description was ordered at a cost of £145.10s. The room is shown here as it appeared for the St Patrick’s Day Ball of 1849. On that occasion, a Mr. Bergin disguised the billiard table by transforming the room into an exotic indoor garden. The scene included a small fountain, vases filled with brilliant gold fish, orange trees and ornamental cages, in which song-birds heightened the décor with their warblings.」
St Patrick’s Hall(セント・パトリックス・ホール) で行われたアイルランド大統領就任式の場面。 2004年11月11日に行われたメアリー・マッカリース大統領第2期就任式を描いた作品で、 アイルランドの画家ジェームズ・ハンリーが制作したもの St Patrick’s Hall は、アイルランド大統領就任式の正式会場として使われているのだ と。
・上部左右:St Patrick’s Hall の特徴的な金色のコリント式円柱と、壁面の紋章旗 (Order of St. Patrick の騎士旗)。
・中央上部:アイルランド国旗が掲げられています。
「The inauguration of Mary McAleese
to her second term as President of Ireland
St Patrick's Hall, Dublin Castle
11th November 2004
Commissioned by the Office of Public Works
Artist James Hanley RHA」
【アイルランド大統領
メアリー・マッカリース
第2期就任式
ダブリン城 セント・パトリックス・ホール
2004年11月11日
公共事業庁(Office of Public Works)委託
画家 ジェームズ・ハンリー(RHA)】
「ST PATRICK’S HALL
St Patrick’s Hall is one of the most important ceremonial rooms in Ireland and is where the Irish President is inaugurated every seven years. In its origins as the mid-eighteenth -century castle ballroom, English artist Vincenzo Waldré began the painted ceiling, finishing the central panel in 1788. The surrounding panels were completed in 1790.
The hall represents the relationship between culture and politics in eighteenth-century Ireland. As a venue for balls, banquets and meetings, it was an important setting. In addition to hosting state functions, the hall was the meeting place of the Knights of St Patrick, a chivalric order established in 1783 and modelled on the English Order of the Garter.
Mounted perhaps on the platform at the far end of the hall are three thrones, representing the King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the Prince of Wales. Since independence, the thrones have been removed, but the hall remains the setting for major ceremonial occasions, such as the inauguration of the President.」
ピーテル・アールツェン(Pieter Aertsen, 1508–1575)の作品で 『マルタとマリアの家のキリスト(Christ in the House of Martha and Mary)』を 描いたもの。 ・前景の静物は肉・魚・野菜・パンなどの豊かな食材が前景を大きく占めている。
アールツェンは「静物画の祖」と呼ばれ、宗教画の前景に生活感あふれる食卓や市場の品々 描いています。
・背景の奥の建築空間に、イエスがマルタとマリアに語りかけている場面が小さく描かれている。
マルタは食事や奉仕に気を取られ、マリアはイエスの話を聞いている。
ルカによる福音書 10:38–42 の場面である。
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「Dublin Castle was the seat of English, and later British rule in Ireland from 1204 until 1922. Created in the eighteenth century, the State Apartments served as a residence for the Viceroy, who represented the British monarch in Ireland. During the early months of each year, usually from January to March, the Viceroy, and occasionally the visiting British monarch, played host to a series of entertainments in the State Apartments. Known as the "season", these festivities included balls, banquets and royal ceremonies.
On 16 January 1922, the last ever Viceroy handed Dublin Castle over to Michael Collins and the government of the newly-independent Irish state. Since that historic moment, a tradition of state ceremony has been maintained in these rooms. Successive Irish governments have continued to use them for important national events, such as state dinners and commemorations. Since 1938, each one of Ireland's presidents has been inaugurated in St Patrick’s Hall, the grandest of these spaces. The image above shows President Éamon de Valera outside the State Apartments after his inauguration, in 1959.
Over the centuries, those entertained in the State Apartments have included Benjamin Franklin (1771), the Duke of Wellington (1807), Daniel O’Connell (1841), Queen Victoria (1849, 1853, 1861 & 1900), Charles Dickens (1858), Cumann Markievicz (1919), Princess Grace of Monaco (1961), John F. Kennedy (1963), Charles de Gaulle (1969), Nelson Mandela (1990) and Queen Elizabeth II (2011).」