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Filtering by: Creator Groundwater, Anna Type Conference Item Keyword Renaissance gallery Resource Type Conference paper (unpublished)

2024

Conference paper (unpublished)

More than a spring clean: painting the house to welcome a king

Embedded in the roof of the Renaissance gallery at National Museum of Scotland are the painted rafters from a ceiling at Rossend Castle, Burntisland, Fife. These were probably commissioned by Sir Robert Melville of Murdochcairnie, first Lord Melville, and are thought to have been decorated in anticipation of a visit...

Groundwater, Anna
Sir Robert Melville of Murdochcairnie, Renaissance Scotland, emblematic function, artist commission, painted ceiling , Renaissance gallery , National Museums Scotland collection, Rossend Castle, and patronage