Image: National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
The National Gallery of Ireland has unveiled ‘Rembrandt to Matisse – A Celebration of Works on Paper’, a display bringing together more than 50 works from the museum’s holdings. The gallery introduced the presentation on social media and pointed viewers to a curator’s introduction online, framing the project as a focused look at the breadth of its paper collection.
Among the works singled out in the announcement is a 15th-century drawing attributed to either Antonio or Piero del Pollaiuolo. The gallery’s post does not provide a full checklist of the works included, but it makes clear that the selection spans a wide historical range, moving from early Renaissance drawing to later European art associated with the title’s reference points, Rembrandt and Matisse.
The National Gallery of Ireland, based in Dublin, is one of the country’s principal national art institutions and holds a substantial collection of European painting, drawing and works on paper. This latest presentation draws on that strength by foregrounding material that is often more fragile and less frequently shown than works in more durable media.
Works on paper can include drawings, prints and related studies, and they are often central to understanding artistic process, technique and collecting history. By assembling more than 50 such works, the gallery is presenting a concentrated survey of its holdings rather than a single-artist or single-period show.
The museum’s online note describes the display as a celebration of its finest works on paper and pairs the announcement with a curator-led introduction available to watch back on YouTube. No venue different from the National Gallery of Ireland is indicated in the source material, and no separate dates for a public run are provided in the post.
The announcement adds another chapter to the gallery’s use of digital platforms to present collection highlights, while keeping the emphasis on the objects themselves. For now, the verified details point to a large selection of paper-based works from across the collection, anchored by the Pollaiuolo drawing and framed under the title ‘Rembrandt to Matisse – A Celebration of Works on Paper’.
