Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00012651Karnak, Les Pylônes d'Horus
About the Artwork
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.
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.”
Provenance
May 2011: Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York, NY 2011-2018: Tom E. Hinson, Truth or Consequences, NM September 4, 2018: the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Henri Béchard (French)
- Date
- 1860s
- Medium
- Albumen print from wet collodion negative
- Dimensions
- Image: 26 x 37.2 cm (10 1/4 x 14 5/8 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- Photograph
- Department
- Photography
- Credit line
- Gift of Tom E. Hinson and Diana S. Tittle
- Accession no.
- 2018.252
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