 Sketch
for Architecture |
 Sketch
for Architecture (2) Relief
Figure under Sculpture to
Left of Mural |
Leg,
Arm and Hand Study |
Sketch
for "Painting"(Unused) |
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Architecture,
Painting and Sculpture Protected by Athena from the Ravages of Time
John
Singer Sargent
-- American painter
1921
Museum
of Fine Arts,
Boston
Rotunda mural
First mural facing stairs
Oil on
canvas
320.36
x 261.3 cm (126
1/8 x 102 7/8 in.)
Francis
Bartlett Donation
of 1912 and Picture Fund 21.10513
Jpg: Lee Sanstead
Jpg: MFA
Turn
right or left in Rotunda
Athena is many things,
but above
all, she is the Goddess of the City and the protectress of civilized
life
-- of artesian activities such as Architecture, Painting and Sculpture.
She is the favorite daughter of Zeus and born miraculously from his
head
with her helmut already on.
Rotunda Dome Decorations
Looking
straight up
Museum
of Fine Arts, Boston
Notes:
Special
thanks to Lee Sandstead of
New York, for being a friend
of the JSS Gallery, for taking
this picture on his trip and sharing this with us.
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