Pagan Gods
Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925 · [ca. 1890–1895]
The arch above the north end of the gallery bears a complex arrangement of pagan deities. At the western end, Moloch, the bovine-faced god of material things, extends the rays of his golden crown downward to the earth as hands. At right, the goddess of sensuality. Astarte, stands atop a crescent moon in her thin blue garments and sparkling raised relief jewels. Spanning the ceiling is Neith, mother of the universe. Neith's body forms the length of the arch, with her hands touching the eastern horizon, her zodiac neck plate crowning the arch, and her torso and legs extending downward to the west side of the vault.
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