Art Gallery of New South Wales, sculpture
This is one of four relief panels which adorns the facade of the Art Gallery of New South Wales along Art Gallery Road at The Domain. The original wing and facade were built between 1896 and 1909. The Trustees decided to beautify it with a series of six bronze relief panels designed to depict the six "distinctive historical art periods" of the Assyrian, Egyptian, Grecian, Roman, Gothic and Renaissance but only the four older of the six intended panels were ever completed. The Egyptian period is represented by "Queen Hatasu of Egypt" created by Countess Feodora Gleichen in 1906 and unveiled in 1907. It depicts Queen Hatasu, or Hatshepsut, giving directions for the construction of her famous avenue of Ram-headed Sphinxes, from her temple, Deir-el-Bahari, to the bank of the Nile, and thence to the farther shore of the Temple of Karnak. The name "Raphael" is one of 32 artists lettered in bronze below the entablature.
World Class
ReplyDeleteWhat a pity they didn't finish all six panels are they look very special.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteNice panels. Thanks for participating Jim.
ReplyDeleteIt was a good idea. Too bad they didn't get the others done.
ReplyDeleteI think it would be great if they did complete the work. The spaces have been allocated for them.
Delete...it has stood the test of time.
ReplyDeleteAmazing! Too bad they didn't finish the project.
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