The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Bertram R. Firestone
The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Bertram R. Firestone
PETER BIEGEL | THE KILLING KILDARES
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September 9, 04:52 PM GMT
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4,000 - 6,000 USD
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PETER BIEGEL
British
1913 - 1988
THE KILLING KILDARES
signed Peter Biegel, dated '76, and inscribed Kildaire/Kilcock at Rathcoffey Castle (lower right)
oil on canvas
canvas: 18½ by 27 in.; 46.9 by 68.5 cm
framed: 23½ by 31½ in.; 59.6 by 80 cm
Spink, London (no. K2 4690)
In the present work members of the Killing Kildaires hunt past the ruins of Rathcoffey Castle in County Kildaire, Ireland. Constructed largely in the fifteenth century, by the twentieth century the castle was acquired by the local Jesuits. As illustrated in the present work, the main surviving structure is the two-story gatehouse leading to the enclosure in which the castle stood.