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roadmap Exhibition The Taking of Christ - 25th an
niversary Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio’s painting, which depicts Christ’s arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane, was presumed lost, known only through copies and from descriptions by Caravaggio’s biographers. However, in August 1990, the National Gallery’s senior conservator Sergio Benedetti made a fortuitous discovery in Dublin. Invited by Fr Noel Barber to inspect some paintings in one of the houses of the Jesuit Fathers on Leeson Street, Benedetti recognised the subject and composition of one painting as that of the ‘lost’ Caravaggio painting. Three years of meticulous research, analysis and consultation with international experts followed to authenticate and conserve the masterpiece. On 16th November 1993, The Taking of Christ went on public display in the exhibition Caravaggio: the Master Revealed in the National Gallery of Ireland. In the accompanying catalogue, Sergio wrote: ‘That morning in August, 1990, leaving the House of the Jesuit Fathers in Leeson Street, excited by what I thought I had just seen, I could hardly have imagined that just three years later, I would see my beliefs realised with an exhibition.’ The Jesuit Community generously offered the painting on indefinite loan to the Gallery where it remains one of the most significant masterpieces on display. The National Gallery, Merrion Square. Exhibition Tullydonnell Hoard The Tullydonnell Hoard are four solid gold rings dating back thousands of years to the Bronze Age which were found in County Donegal this summer. These Bronze Age objects date from the period of approximately 2500 to 500 BC. The chance discovery adds to our Bronze Age history. having been examined and analysed, they are now available for the public to enjoy. You can also discover Ireland’s World War One history or that or Irish glass. And if you happen to be about on November 4, you’ll get to enjoy International Uillean Piping day. National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks 8 Gig DeVotchKa Perhaps best known for scoring the soundtrack to Little Miss Sunshine and I Love You, Philip Morris, DeVotchKa are a four-piece multi-instrumental and vocal ensemble from Denver. Imagine what it might feel like listening to a guitar, piano, theremin, bouzouki, trumpet, violin, accordian, flute, double bass and sousaphone. Then you’ll be one step closer to their sound. Or maybe you just need to see them. The Academy, Sunday November 25, €17.50