Queen Maeve: Oil on canvas: 40" x 30" or 101 cm x 76 cm

Maeve, prechristian warrior Queen of Connacht, West Ireland was noted for her beauty and waywardness. She waged war on Ulster to win the famous brown bull of Cooley. The story of this cattle raid is the subject matter of Ireland's great epic poem, the Táin.

 

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