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Mask Of River God Reveals Elizabeth's Lost Splendor |
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LONDON.- An early 17th-century gilded mask of a river god is on display for the first time after being unearthed two years ago at Somerset House, the site of the royal palace where Elizabeth I lived before she became Queen. The river god, whose shell-shaped chin reflects the period’s fascination for mythological creatures, is among architectural fragments whose discovery offers a tantalizing glimpse of a spectacular royal residence that was adorned with gilt moldings, oak floors and stuccoed ceilings. Painted stucco ornaments decorated with leaf patterns, as well as carved masonry and ceramic tiles, were excavated by archaeologists when a fountain was being constructed in the courtyard of Somerset House.
The finds have overturned the assumption that nothing remained of a palace that had been one of the most influential buildings of the English Renaissance until its destruction in the 18th century. It was home to successive queens, including Charles I’s Henrietta Maria and Charles II’s Catherine of Braganza. When the present Somerset House was built in the 1770s as an enormous government office block, the original palace had been completely flattened and it was thought that nothing survived under the courtyard.
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Today's News
July 5, 2024
The wide, wide world of Judy Chicago
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Salvador Dalí's iconic Mae West Lips Sofa goes on display at NGV International
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The Beatles and the Beach Boys lead Heritage's Music Memorabilia & Concert Posters Auction
The man behind the Minions
Solo exhibition of new work by Lorna Robertson on view at Alison Jacques
Kröller-Müller Museum restores '56 Barrels' by Christo
parrasch heijnen's first solo exhibition with Nabilah Nordin to open in Los Angeles
One of comicdom's most (in)famous covers, 'Black Cat Mystery' No. 50, scares up a record $840,000 at Heritage Auctions
How a patriotic painting became the Internet's soap box
The Phillips Collection presents 'Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage'
On the Jersey Shore, there's a flag for everything
Ben Hunter and Offer Waterman announce co-representation of Tess Jaray
Paul Theroux on necessary solitude, risks and the joy of writing
Rob Stone, master marketer of hip-hop, is dead at 55
Niclas Larsson is ready to shoot more close-ups
Chinese coins celebrating scientific inventions lead Heritage's $8.4 million HKINF World & Ancient Coins Auction
Paul Smith's Foundation announces inaugural Director
The Dutch LAM museum adds flavour to art viewing experiences
Casino Luxembourg presents 'My Last Will', a project by M+M
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