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Mortality
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In Western religious art a Pietà, also called a ‘lamentation’, is an image of the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Christ.
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Untitled
by Isabelle De Kleine
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Residency prize winner, MDPA 2015
Pictorial profiles of hearth and home
Nearest & Dearest
Keep it in the family
Shen Jiawei
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Shen Jiawei was born in China. During the Cultural Revolution he laboured in the Great Northern Wilderness, but even as he worked there, he gained recognition as an artist.
Favourite portraits
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National Portrait Gallery staff introduce their favourite portraits from the exhibition.
2021 Annual Appeal
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In 2021 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Peter Brew-Bevan's portraits of athletes Turia Pitt, Leisel Jones OAM and Ellie Cole OAM.
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A charming prospect
Nearest & Dearest
Family fortunes
Mal Meninga, 2018
by Peter Hudson
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Commissioned with funds provided by Maliganis Edwards Johnson and Alan Dodge AM 2018
Maritime disaster leaves poignant picture
Devotion
Absence rends the heart asunder
2013-14 Acquisition Fund
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This 1910 portrait of Elizabeth Sarah (Lillie) Roberts by Tom Roberts was brought into the Gallery's collection with the assistance of the Acquisition Fund in 2013.
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2012-13 Acquisition Fund
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The Circle of Friends Acquisition Fund for 2012 was dedicated to purchasing a portrait of David Malouf by Rick Amor.
2014-15 Acquisition Fund
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Kristin Headlam's portrait of Chris Wallace-Crabbe was acquired with the support of the Circle of Friends in 2014.
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$5,000 - $9,999
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