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Excellent, original oil on canvas circa 1969 in pristine condition. The work appears to be in very good and stable condition. This work is framed in a gold timber contemporary frame with a white wide timber mount and a narrow timber gold mount. The work is clean unspoiled there is no cracking on the surface. No scuffs or scratches to the surface. The work is otherwise in good condition. On the reverse the canvas holds a small paper label printed “Arthur Tooth & Son” with a hand-written (signature-like) scribbled inscription. Overall very good original condition. The work includes an original, especially leather bound limited edition book. The book was published by Thames and Hudson with the all Nebuchadnezzar 30 paintings all in colour. The book is numbered number 5 and signed by Arthur Boyd as well as the publisher. The book contains the original box made of cardboard covered in black cotton. The whole box measures 25 cm by 30 cm by 9.5 cm depth. Due to the age the box may require of some cleaning and minor repair.

Notwithstanding this report or any discussions concerning this work, the work is offered for sale as it is. In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. We recommend that prospective buyers should inspect the work to satisfy yourselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Galeria Aniela is merely a subjective, qualified opinion.

Artist: ARTHUR BOYD (1920-1999)
Title: Nebuchadnezzar on Fire, fallen in a field circa 1968
Medium: oil on canvas
Image Size: 20.2 by 25.5 cm
Signed lower right, bears artist's name

The work includes an original, especially leather bound limited edition book. The book was published by Thames and Hudson with the all Nebuchadnezzar 30 paintings all in colour. The book is numbered, number 5 and signed by Arthur Boyd as well as the publisher. The book contains the original box made of cardboard covered in black cotton. The whole box measures 25 cm by 30 cm by 9.5 cm depth.

Impeccable provenance, Boyd family Private collection London since the 60’s.

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Nebuchadnezzar (listen) (c 630-562 B.C.E), was a ruler of Babylon in the Chaldean Dynasty, who reigned c. 605 BC-562 BC.

Nebuchadnezzar is famous for his monumental building within his capital of Babylon, his role in the Book of Daniel, and his construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and known among Christians and Jews for his conquests of Judah and Jerusalem. He was traditionally called "Nebuchadrezzar the Great", but his destruction of temples in Jerusalem and the conquest of Judah caused his vilification in the Bible, (Daniel 1:1; Prophecied Jeremiah 25:11).

In contemporary Iraq and some other parts of the Middle East, Nebuchadnezzar is glorified as a historic leader. Nebuchadnezzar was the oldest son and successor of Nabopolassar, who delivered Babylon from its dependence on Assyria and laid Nineveh in ruins.

According to Berossus, he married Amytis of Media, the daughter or granddaughter of Cyaxares, king of the Medes, and thus the Median and Babylonian dynasties were united. Necho II, the king of Egypt, had gained a victory over the Assyrians at Carchemish. This secured Egypt the possession of Phoenician provinces of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, including parts of Syria. The remaining Assyrian provinces were divided between Babylonia and Media. Nabopolassar was intent on reconquering from Necho the western provinces of Syria, however, and to this end dispatched his son with a powerful army westward. In the ensuing Battle of Carchemish in 605 BC, the Egyptian army was defeated and driven back, and Syria and Phoenicia were brought under the sway of Babylon. Nabopolassar died on August 15, 605 BC and Nebuchadrezzar quickly Return Top Toped to Babylon to ascend to the throne. After the defeat of the Cimmerians and Scythians, all of Nebuchadrezzar's expeditions were directed westwards, although a powerful neighbour lay to the North; the cause of this was that a wise political marriage with Amuhia, the daughter of the Median king, had ensured a lasting peace between the two empires.

Nebuchadrezzar faces off against Zedekiah, the last king of Judah, who holds a plan of Jerusalem, in this Baroque-era depiction in Zwiefalten Abbey in Germany. Nebuchadrezzar engaged in several military campaigns designed to increase Babylonian influence in Syria and Judah. An attempted invasion of Egypt in 601 BC was met with setbacks, however, leading to numerous rebellions among the states of the Levant, including Judah. Nebuchadrezzar soon dealt with these rebellions, capturing Jerusalem in 607 BC deposing King Jehoiakim, destroying both the city and the Temple and deporting many of the prominent citizens along with a sizable portion of the Jewish population of Judah to Babylon. These events are described in Ketuvim, a section of Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible and known to non-Jews as the Old Testament. After the destruction of Jerusalem, Nebuchadrezzar engaged in a thirteen year long siege of Tyre (585-572 BC), which ended in a compromise, with the Tyrians accepting Babylonian authority. It would appear that following the pacification of Tyre, Nebuchadrezzar turned again to Egypt. A clay tablet, now in the British Museum, bears the following inscription referring to his wars: "In the 37th year of Nebuchadrezzar, king of the country of Babylon, he went to Mitzraim (Egypt) to make war. Amasis, king of Egypt, collected [his army], and marched and spread abroad.". Having completed the subjugation of Phoenicia, and inflicted chastisement on Egypt, Nebuchadrezzar now set himself to rebuild and adorn the city of Babylon, and constructed canals, aqueducts, temples and reservoirs. Babylonian tradition has it that towards the end of his life, Nebuchadrezzar, inspired from on high, prophesied the impending ruin to the Chaldean Empire (Berosus and Abydenus in Eusebius, Praep. Evang., 9.41). Nebuchadrezzar died in Babylon between the second and sixth months of the forty-third year of his reign.

Nebuchadrezzar seems to have prided himself on his constructions more than on his victories. During the last century of Niniveh's existence, Babylon had been greatly devastated, not only at the hands of Sennacherib and Assurbanipal, but also as a result of her ever renewed rebellions. Nebuchadrezzar, continuing his father's work of reconstruction, aimed at making his capital one of the world's wonders. Old temples were restored; new edifices of incredible magnificence were erected to the many gods of the Babylonian pantheon (Diodorus of Sicily, 2.95; Herodotus, 1.183) to complete the royal palace begun by Nabopolassar, nothing was spared, neither "cedar-wood, nor bronze, gold, silver, rare and precious stones"; an underground passage and a stone bridge connected the two parts of the city separated by the Euphrates; the city itself was rendered impregnable by the construction of a triple line of walls. The bridge across the Euphrates is of particular NOW, in that it was supported on asphalt covered brick piers that were streamlined to reduce the upstream resistance to flow, and the downstream turbulence that would otherwise undermine the foundations. Nor was Nebuchadrezzar's activity confined to the capital; he is credited with the restoration of the Lake of Sippar, the opening of a port on the Persian Gulf, and the building of the famous Mede wall between the Tigris and the Euphrates to protect the country against incursions from the North. In fact, there is scarcely a place around Babylon where his name does not appear and where traces of his activity are not found. These gigantic undertakings required an innumerable host of workmen; from the inscription of the great temple of Marduk, we may infer that most probably captives brought from various parts of Western Asia made up a large part of the labouring force used in all his public works. Nebuchadrezzar made the hanging gardens for his wife Amyitis (or Amytis) to remind her of her homeland, Medis (or Media).^[1] She was the daughter (or granddaughter) of King Cyaxares the Mede.There was a Portrayal in the Books of Daniel and Jeremiah Nebukadnezar, by William Blake,

Nebuchadrezzar is most widely known through his portrayal in the Bible, especially the Book of Daniel (where he appears as "Nebuchadnezzar"). This book discusses several events of his reign, in addition to his conquest of Jerusalem. In the second year of his reign (evidently counting from his conquest of the Jews), Nebuchadrezzar dreams of a huge image made of various materials (gold, silver, bronze, iron, etc). The prophet Daniel tells him God's interpretation, that it stands for the rise and fall of world powers. (Daniel Chapter 2). During another incident, Nebuchadrezzar erects a large idol for worship during a public ceremony on the plain of Dura. When three Jews, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah (respectively renamed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego by their captors, to facilitate their assimilation into Babylonian culture), refuse to take part, he has them cast into a fiery furnace. They are protected by an angel [Daniel 3:25, KJV], and emerge unscathed without even the smell of smoke. (Daniel Chapter 3). Another dream, this time of an immense tree, is interpreted by Daniel the prophet. (Daniel Chapter 4) Chapter 4 is also written by Nebuchadrezzar (Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.) DAN4:1-2. While boasting over his achievements, Nebuchadrezzar is humbled by God. The king loses his sanity and lives in the wild like an animal for seven years (by some considered as an attack of the madness called clinical boanthropy or alternately porphyria). After this, his sanity and position are restored. A clay tablet in the British Museum (BM34113) describes Nebuchadnezzar's behaviour during his insanity: "His life appeared of no value to him... then he gives an entirely different order... he does not show love to son or daughter... family and clan does not exist ^[2]. There is also a notable absence of any record of acts or decrees by the king during 582 to 575 BC.^[3] Some scholars believe that the Book of Daniel was written long after the events described, during the 2nd century BC, and thus are skeptical of the details of Nebuchadrezzar's portrayal by Daniel. Some scholars think that Nebuchadrezzar's portrayal by Daniel is a mixture of traditions about Nebuchadrezzar — he was indeed the one who conquered Jerusalem — and about Nabonidus (Nabuna'id), the last king of Babylon. For example, Nabonidus was the real father of Belshazzar, and the seven years of insanity could be related to Nabonidus' sojourn in Tayma in the desert. Evidence for this view was actually found on some fragments from the Dead Sea Scrolls that reference Nabonidus (N-b-n-y) being smitten by God with a fever for seven years of his reign while his son Belshazzar was regent. The Book of Jeremiah contains a prophecy about the arising of a "destroyer of nations", commonly regarded as a reference to Nebuchadnezzar (Jer. 4:7), as well as an account of Nebuchadnezzar's siege of Jerusalem and looting and destruction of the temple (Jer. 52).

Successors: After his death in October, 562 BC, having reigned 43 years, he was succeeded by his son Amel-Marduk, who, after a reign of two years, was succeeded by Neriglissar (559-555), who was succeeded by Nabonidus (555-538), at the close of whose reign (less than a quarter of a century after the death of Nebuchadrezzar) Babylon fell under Cyrus the Great as the head of the combined armies of Media and Persia.

Named after Nebuchadrezzar

There is a type of daylily named "Nebuchadnezzar's Furnace".
A bottle of champagne which contains the same amount as 20 bottles (15 litres) is called a Nebuchadnezzar.
In the popular The Matrix film trilogy, the hovercraft of the character 'Morpheus' is named the Nebuchadnezzar.
the opera Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi
Saddam Hussein named one of his Republican Guards divisions after Nebuchadnezzar.
A Legend card in the Magic: The Gathering card game is named Nebuchadnezzar.
The VeggieTales character Nebby K. Nezzer is a play off of Nebuchadnezzar.
Neb in Castaways of the Flying Dutchman.
The Time Traveler in H. G. Wells' novel The Time Machine is said to have "Nebuchadnezzar phases"

Notes

^ Foster, Karen Polinger (1998). "Gardens of Eden: Flora and Fauna in the Ancient Near East". Transformations of Middle Eastern Natural Environments: Legacies and Lessons: 320-329, New Haven: Yale University. Retrieved on 2007-08-11.
^ Kendall K. Down, Daniel: Hostage in Babylon, p.30
^ Gleason Archer, Vol 7 Expositor's Bible Commentary.

References:

Chapter 23, "The Chaldaean Kings" in Georges Roux, Ancient Iraq (3rd ed.). London: Penguin Books, 1992. ISBN 0-14-012523-X
ABC 5: Chronicle Concerning the Early Years of Nebuchadnezzar
Nabuchodonosor on the Catholic Encyclopedia
This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.
This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
Nos ancêtres de l'Antiquité, 1991, Christian Settipani, p. 152

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Inscription of Nabuchadnezzar. Babylonian and Assyrian Literature - old translation
Nabuchadnezzar Ishtar gate Inscription

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In 1984 Arthur and Yvonne Boyd left London to Return Top Top to Australia and, more specifically, to their property Bundanon, which lies midway between Sydney and Canberra, on the Shoalhaven River near Nowra on the New South Wales south coast. However Boyd's joy at re-discovering the Australian landscape was tempered with a distressing awareness of the careless treatment of the natural environment by reckless and hedonistic visitors. Boyd was a practical environmentalist who, together with Sidney Nolan, had fought to stop sand-dredging near Riversdale on the Shoalhaven in 1981.

The artist is recorded as saying: "I think Australians have been apt to believe that because this was such a vast land, they couldn't make a mark on it. But a mark has been made and if it continues at this rate, it will soon be too late..." (Arthur Boyd, cited in J McKenzie, Arthur Boyd Art & Life, London, 2000, p.169).

Thus while the subject matter of Boyd's Bather series followed a long established western art historical tradition, Boyd's rendering of this theme was imbued with both personal and contemporary environmental concerns, as Hoff noted in the following extract:
"Boyd's NOW in bathers, which had not occupied him since the early fifties was revived by Cézanne's Bathers in the London, National Gallery. The idyllic and secluded beach, far from the city, which Conder and Streeton had made popular, is replaced by the beach in the technological age. Cars and speedboats, raucous cries of a hedonistic mob break the calm of nature. What Boyd owes to Cézanne is the considered build-up of the figures into a frieze composition. The stunning effect of the huge painting rests on the contrast between hot tints, ugly masks and monstrous forms of a crowd and the beauty of the natural world. Above the garish human turmoil rises the impressive, timeless riverbank. Luminous cumulus clouds scud across the deep blue sky. Never before in Boyd's work have nature and man stood in such striking juxtaposition. To quote Elwyn Lynn, "the work is the epitome of the creative continuity of Arthur Boyd's art." (U Hoff, op.cit, p.81).

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Forrest circa 1976

Arthur Boyd (1920-1999)

oil on copper

30.9 x 21.6 cm

Christies London SOLD $114,115

Shearers playing for A Bride,1957

Arthur Boyd (1920-1999)

oil and tempera on canvas
150.1 x 175.7 cm

National Gallery of Victoria Collection Gift of Tristan Buesst

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We anticipate exciting the public interest with a rare 'A Century of Boyd' exhibition that includes the previously unseen, signed, original Arthur Boyd painting Bride hurrying to her Aboriginal Bridegroom from the artist's earlier Bride series.

The painting was concealed in Boyd London studio since the 50’s, bolted with screws to the base of the trolley on the two pieces of board, and now for the first time, for the public viewing, revealed as discovered, prior restoring and not for sale.

Arthur Boyd dream big dreams of freedom and to eliminate injustice of human condition, Boyd dared to illustrate it eager to convey his idea. As other paintings from the Bride series, Bride hurrying to her Aboriginal Bridegroom is about resilience, survival, determination and continuity, the same as continuity of the Boyd dynasty art and continuity of art itself.

This year, (23 August 2011) Sotheby’s fetch a record $1.2 million for Arthur Boyd painting The Frightened Bridegroom mid-sized board (61.7 x 63.6 cm) from the artist's Bride series, that broke the record of $1.1m paid at Christies in 2001 for Boyd's 'Bridegroom Waiting for His Bride to Grow Up'.

Despite of the astonishing circumstances, the painting Bride hurrying to her Aboriginal Bridegroom survived almost six decades, now for the first time is for the public viewing in
'A Century of Boyd' exhibition that embrace:

Emma Minnie Boyd (1858-1936)
Arthur Merric Boyd (1862-1940)
the founders of the Boyd dynasty, both renown artists, had 5 children including:
William Merric Boyd (1888-1959) father of Arthur Boyd
Arthur Boyd (1920-1999) father of Jamie Boyd
Jamie Boyd (1948) father five children including Nathaniel Boyd
Nathaniel Boyd (1983) youngest son of Jamie Boyd
Lenore Boyd (1953) daughter of Guy Boyd (1923-1988)

Irrespective of the famous Boyd family name, works of art by the Boyd dynasty artists are the most loved. A Century of Boyd exhibition boasts paintings and bronzes of impeccable provenance and quality, from the Boyd family private collection in London and also some from Bundanon collection.

We trust that the provenance, the astonishing story and the rarity of the artworks ensures the record interest of public viewing and some items for acquisition.

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Awards: Dunlop Prizes, Melb., 1950, 52; Kuringai, NSW Prize, 1958; Henry Casselli Richards Prize, Brisb, 1963; Brittanica Australia Award, 1971; artist-in-residence, ANU, 1970-72; AO, 1979; AC, 1992; Australian of the year 1995.

Reference: McCulloch, A., McCulloch, S., McCulloch Childs, E., The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art, (4th edition), The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2006, pp.274.

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