Nightwalkers, Dublin, Ireland

Alen MacWeeney, Hyperion Press Limited

1965-66; published 1979

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Sketch of a nude female. She lays on her side with legs folded near her chest. She is turned away from the viewer but twists her head back to look over her shoulder.
In the center of the panel, Christ is shown crucified on the cross. Mary Magdalene kneels at his feet and kisses them. His mother Mary mourns on the left and St. John the Evangelist on the right.
Two monkeys are depicted climbing on a tree.
The paintings represents an allegory of music. Two tightly clustered men, a boy, and a woman shown at bust-length are singing from two sheets with musical notations and a book. The woman may be Euterpe, the muse of Music from ancient Greek mythology; she wears flowers in her hair. Central to the painting is the Black man who is looking back at the viewer. He is wearing a feathered turban and pearl earrings