Title
The Sheldonian Ceiling
Subject
Celebration and exclusion
Description
The ceiling is the work of Robert Streater, court painter to Charles II, and depicts ‘Truth Descending upon the Arts and Sciences to expel ignorance from the University’.
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Publisher
Museum of Oxford
Rights
Photo credit: By Permission of the Sheldonian Theatre and IFACS (INTERNATIONAL FINE ART CONSERVATION STUDIOS)
Alt text
Square segment of a painted ceiling. Two demons are pushed and beaten from the sky by two winged angelic figures.
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