The Marlborough House ceiling by Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi
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ORAZIO GENTILESCHI (1563-1639) & ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI (1593-1652)
Two Muses
c. 1635-8RCIN 408470
A rectangular panel depicting two seated female figures; the one on the left wearing yellow and green and holding a mask in her left hand; the figure on the right holding a trumpet in he right hand and a (laurel) wreath in her hair.
The image of the complete ceiling is an attempt at arranging photographic reproductions of the canvases in their original location at The Queen's House during the 1980s.
The image of the complete ceiling is an attempt at arranging photographic reproductions of the canvases in their original location at The Queen's House during the 1980s.