The great British museum quiz: set by the Ulster Museum, Belfast

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This quiz is brought to you in collaboration with Art UK, the online home for the UK’s public art collections, showing art from over 3,000 venues and by 45,000 artists. Each day, a different collection on Art UK will set the questions. Today, our questions are set by the Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Ulster Museum has some of the finest Irish art found anywhere in the world. During the 1920s, the museum’s collecting practice expanded its focus to the contemporary British school. Since then, the collection has grown to encompass not just the work of Irish painters but also British, European and American artists, both historical and contemporary. You can see art from the Ulster Museum on Art UK here. Find out more on the Ulster Museum website here. Pre-Raphaelite paintings often allude to Greek mythology, as seen here in this depiction of the prophet Cassandra by Fredrick Sandys. What curse did the god Apollo place on Cassandra? "" That she would always be disbelieved To be constantly hungry Transformed into a monster Hair turned into snakes Belfast-born painter Sir John Lavery was a successful society portraitist and at the height of his career worked from a large studio in Kensington. Do you know which event Lavery"s wife Hazel is watching through the studio window? "" An air raid A public procession A storm Solar eclipse Where did Irish painter Mainie Jellett first develop the style of painting she is known for? "" Dublin Paris New York Rome Artists often painted attractive young women to represent virtues or allegories. Do you know which allegory this young woman painted by Lorenzo Lippi (1606-1665) represents? "" Youth Virtue Death Fortune Georgina Moutray Kyle often travelled to France and Belgium to paint bustling scenes like this one, but in which County Down fishing village did she spend half her summer every year? "" Ardglass Portaferry Dundrum Groomsport During the 18th century many Irish artists became interested in painting their native landscape. This view by George Barret (1728/1732-1784) shows the highest waterfall in Ireland. What is it called? "" Torc Dunseverick Powerscourt Eas a" Chual Aluinn This beautiful depiction of St Brigid is part of Anne Marjorie Robinson’s triptych to the Irish patron saint. But what discipline was Marjorie Robinson best known for? "" Sculpture Wood-engraving Portrait miniatures Jewellery design During the 18th century, many young gentleman went on the "grand tour", in order to "polish" their education. One of the most popular sights to be seen was a tomb near Naples. Whose tomb? "" Ovid Virgil Augustus Dante

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