James Barry left Cork for Rome at twenty-three and came back convinced Ireland could produce history painters to rival the old masters — a belief that got him expelled from the Royal Academy in 1799 for saying so, loudly, to the wrong people. The Temptation of Adam is his answer to Milton: Adam caught in the instant before the fall, painted with the scale and moral weight Barry believed the subject demanded.
It's the kind of ambition that made him difficult and made the work last. The original hangs in the National Gallery of Ireland.
Sizes & Format
30 × 40 cm / 12 × 16″
60 × 80 cm / 24 × 32″
Available framed (black, white, wood) or unframed
Print & Frame Details
Archival matte paper, 250gsm (110lb), acid-free and FSC-certified — off-white, uncoated. Framed prints: solid oak or ash wood frame, 20mm thick, with shatterproof protective glazing. Ready to hang, hanging kit included. Unframed prints up to A4 ship flat; larger sizes ship rolled in a protective tube.
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