"They had remained almost unseen for 300 years, but now two of William Hogarth's masterpiece murals are available to the public for the first time. The North Wing at St Bartholomew's hospital in London, which contains The Pool of Bethesda and The Good Samaritan two large-scale murals by the British painter has opened after a 9.5m restoration project. The satirist depicted the two biblical stories, which feature 2.1-metre (7ft) high figures, in the hospital in the 1730s."
"Hogarth was furious when he discovered that the Italian painter Jacopo Amigoni was to be given the commission to paint the staircase. Hogarth stepped in to offer his services free of charge, even though he had never painted on such a scale. Amigoni was a safe pair of hands. He was a Venetian painter, but Hogarth, he was born literally a stone's throw from the hospital. He knew the hospital well and almost felt an ownership of this project, said Palin."
Two large-scale William Hogarth murals, The Pool of Bethesda and The Good Samaritan, have been revealed to the public at St Bartholomew's Hospital after a 9.5m restoration. The murals date from the 1730s and feature 2.1-metre (7ft) high figures. Hogarth intervened to paint the works after learning Jacopo Amigoni had been commissioned, offering his services free and arguing for support of native painters. The North Wing, built in 1732 to support the hospital, fell into decline before restoration. The restored area aims to become a new visitor attraction for art fans.
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