Garret Morphey (c. 1650 – 1716) was an Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 painter

Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

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Career

One of the earliest, if not the earliest, Irish painters, Morphey practised in Dublin. He was most likely a pupil of Gaspar Smitz, a Dutch

Dutch people

The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...

 painter who worked in Ireland, though he is also recorded as having been an assistant to Edmund Ashfield

Edmund Ashfield

Edmund Ashfield was an English portrait painter and miniaturist, who worked in both oils and pastels.Ashfield came from a respectable Buckinghamshire family family and was a pupil of John Michael Wright . He worked both in oil and in pastel, but excelled most in the latter...

 in London. He painted portraits, genre scenes and landscapes based on the Dutch

Dutch Golden Age

The Golden Age was a period in Dutch history, roughly spanning the 17th century, in which Dutch trade, science, military and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. The first half is characterised by the Eighty Years' War till 1648...

 style of Constantine and Gaspar Netscher and Adriaen van der Werff

Adriaen van der Werff

Adriaen van der Werff was an accomplished Dutch painter of portraits and erotic, devotional and mythological scenes. His brother, Pieter van der Werff , was his principal pupil and assistant.-Life:...

. He painted for established Catholic families and newer Protestant families.