Loading
Karnak, Les Pylônes d'Horus
Henri Béchard (French)1860s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This desolate view of the remnants of the monumental gateway flanked by figures of the god Horus, usually depicted as a falcon-headed man, emphasizes the sense of discovery that must have been felt by tourists visiting Egypt in the 1860s. A tiny figure at the lower right testifies to the monumental scale of the ruins.
Show lessRead more
Download this artwork (provided by The Cleveland Museum of Art).
Learn more about this artwork.
Details
- Title: Karnak, Les Pylônes d'Horus
- Creator: Henri Béchard (French)
- Date Created: 1860s
- Physical Dimensions: Image: 26 x 37.2 cm (10 1/4 x 14 5/8 in.)
- Provenance: Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York, NY, Tom E. Hinson, Truth or Consequences, NM, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Photograph
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.252
- Medium: Albumen print from wet collodion negative
- Inscriptions: Imprinted in white in lower right corner of image: “H. Béchard”, Imprinted in white in lower left corner of image: “No. 93 Karnak. Les Pylônes d’Horus.”
- Fun Fact: Karnak is the second most visited tourist site in Egypt after the pyramids of Giza.
- Department: Photography
- Culture: France
- Credit Line: Gift of Tom E. Hinson and Diana S. Tittle
- Collection: Photography
- Accession Number: 2018.252
Get the app
Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more
