Thèbes, Medinet Habou, Galeries du Palais (Palace Galleries at Medinet Habou, Thebes)

1851

Maxime Du Camp

Associated Names
Maxime Du Camp

Artist, French, 1822 - 1894

This is a photograph of an architectural interior with ancient columns. The photograph shows a row of massive stone columns, each intricately carved with hieroglyphics and reliefs. The columns are aligned in a row, leading the eye down the corridor they form. The play of light and shadow across the columns and the floor enhances the grandeur and mystery of the space. The texture and patterns of the carvings are clearly visible, and the scale of the columns is emphasized by the contrasting background of darker shadows.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Swann Auction Galleries, New York, 2014); (Charles Isaacs Photographs Inc., New York); NGA purchase, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on mount, upper center printed in black ink: THÈBES.; center left: Maxime Du Camp; center: MEDINET-HABOU / GALERIES DU PALAIS.; center right: Gide et Baudry, Editeurs.; lower center: Imprimerie Photographique de Blanquard-Evrard à Lille, / Pl. 52

Wikidata ID

Q64157870

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