Exhibition of Egyptian antiquities in the halls of the KOG in 1927, 1927 Canvas Print
Exhibition of Egyptian antiquities in the halls of the KOG during the 'Exhibition of Egyptian Art'. This exhibition was held from March 15 to May 8, 1927. On either side of the passage you can see display cases in which Egyptian statues are arranged. In 1916, the K.O.G. moved from the main building to the fragment building. The walls are equipped with a simple paneling. Above the column on the right a bar with console. In this room is a ceiling of Gerard de Lairesse (according to the current chairman of the KOG Mr. Dibbits, from Soestdijk Palace) representing: Apollo and the disappearing night floating through the sky, and the four corner pieces joined together, represent a dome vault with a gallery on the inside on which female figures with hunting attributes. (Diana and her followers.) (Guide through the Rijksmuseum) The ceiling was probably not installed until after 1897. De Stuers describes various ceilings in the fragment building, but not this important ceiling. During the renovation of 1995-96, the central panel was removed from the ceiling because it did not belong to the original ceiling. Originally, according to Dibbits, there was a skylight here. In 1916, the room was made available to the Oudheidkundig Genootschap (K.O.G.), as an exhibition hall. The room consisted of a high part, in which the ceiling of the Lairesse is arranged and in the north, a lower part, also with a painted ceiling (origin unknown) At the transition of these two parts against the walls two pilasters, in the middle of the room a column. In 1956? these parts are separated into a hall and a corridor. Originally, in the middle of the east wall was the entrance of the hall, two passages in the west wall connected the hall with the rooms behind it (M4 and M5). Now this part of the building is accessible by a passage from M2 to the corridor, which opens up the adjacent rooms. In the room the conference table designed by Cuypers with accompanying chairs. (The KOG still has some old photos in of these rooms under its own management) The fragments building 'owes its origin to many an act of wandalism, as one unfortunately still sees it happening every year ..... the collected building fragments formed such an extensive and extensive collection that it was indestructive to litter the Park with it, and the question arose whether it would not be possible and advantageous to place these buildings together in such a way that it put together a whole that could be used for the service of the Museum.' (The Stuers) The fragments building designed by P.J.H. Cuypers was put out to tender in 1885, in 1895 it was linked to the main building.
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