Gabriel Beranger
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Gabriel Beranger (1725–1817) was a Dutch artist, known for his works showing Irish antiquities.
Beranger was born in Rotterdam on 9 March 1725, as the son of Henry Beranger and Marie le Duc/Anne Marie Leduc.[1] His parents, who had married in Rotterdam in 1713, were both of Huguenot origin. In 1760, Beranger went to Ireland to join family members there.[2]
Beranger opened a print shop and artist's warehouse at 5 South Great George's Street, Dublin, and followed the profession of an artist. Charles Vallancey and William Conyngham became his patrons and found him a government situation in the Dublin exchequer office.[2]
In later life Beranger was financially independent, after a bequest from his brother-in-law. He died at the age of 91 or 92, and was interred in the French burial-ground in Dublin.[2]
In 2023, a block of apartments in the Clonskeagh area of South County Dublin near Roebuck Castle was named Beranger House in honour of the artist.[3][4]
