Curated Exhibition, Event or Festival
The Invention of Melbourne: A Baroque Archbishop and a Gothic Architect
Jaynie Anderson, Margaret Anderson, Kerrie Burn, Shane Carmody
Melbourne Diocesan Historical Commission | Published : 2019
Abstract
On 17 April 1852 The Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, James Goold, was given permission to export from Rome 135 Old Master Paintings. It was the first of three shipments of religious pictures to the colony. This exhibition shows a small selection of the images.