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The Forgotten Friezes from the Castle of Vélez Blanco
May 12, 2000–February 2, 2003
An extraordinary group of six spectacular carved pine friezes has been lent to celebrate the Museum's reopening of the newly renovated Renaissance patio from the Fajardo castle at Vélez Blanco in southern Spain. Recently discovered at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, these 16th-century reliefs, each nearly 20 feet in length, were once part of the decoration of the reception halls in the same castle and are boldly carved with classical and mythological scenes representing the Triumph of Julius Caesar and the Labors of Hercules.
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