The programme's launch follows the recent acquisition of a painting by 16th-century Mannerist Lavinia Fontana and a polychrome statue by 17th-century sculptor Luisa Roldán

The Madrid exhibition compares the two artists who were successful in their time but whose reputations later waned

Exhibition in Madrid will include more than 60 works by the two painters and will “break the idea of small works being clichés of female artists”

After a grant enabled conservation on a much-loved painting, researchers at the National Gallery of Ireland are learning more about the artist’s technique