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Large Speos - View taken from the Sand Slope (Temple of Ramesses II), Abu Simbel

Large Speos - View taken from the Sand Slope (Temple of Ramesses II), Abu Simbel

1851–52
(French, 1817–1892)
publisher

Goupil et Cie

France, 19th century
salted paper print from calotype negative
Image: 23.9 x 30.8 cm (9 7/16 x 12 1/8 in.); Paper: 37.8 x 50.3 cm (14 7/8 x 19 13/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1992.234
Location: not on view

Description

While other images of Abu Simbel by Teynard, Maxime Du Camp, and Antonio Beato emphasize the massive scale of the two temples carved into the rocks, this view by Teynard sets the colossal sculptures into the context of the large cliffs and vast expanses of desert. Like the temple at Philae,the temple complex at Abu Simbel was relocated in 1968 to prevent its submersion beneath the lake formed by the Aswan High Dam. This view no longer exists.
  • (Weston Gallery, Carmel, CA)
    December 17, 1992
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Teynard, Félix. Égypte et Nubie: sites et monuments, les plus interessants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire : atlas photographie. Paris: Goupil, 1983. pl. 153
    Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1992." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (1993): 38-79. Mentioned: p. 46, 69 www.jstor.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 357
  • Pyramids & Sphinxes: Views of Egypt. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 6-May 24, 2016).
    Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997).
    Nineteenth Century Views of Egypt. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 19-September 9, 1992).
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