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Sphinxes with a Human Head and with a Ram Head at Point Y. Karnak (Thebes)
About the Artwork
The monumental sphinx at Giza, which has the head of a man and the body of a lion, is one of the most iconic symbols of ancient Egypt. The country contains other, humbler versions of this mythical creature. The one here with the head of a ram is only nine feet long and held a statue of a human between its paws.
Provenance
Marquis du Bourg de Bozas Chaix d'est-Ange, Château de Prye (Hans P. Kraus, Jr. Fine Photographs, Inc., New York, NY) Betty and Max Ratner, Cleveland, OH February 17, 1993: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
Pyramids & Sphinxes: Views of Egypt. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 6-May 24, 2016).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Félix Teynard (French, 1817–1892)
- Date
- 1851–52
- Medium
- salted paper print from calotype negative
- Dimensions
- Image: 23.8 x 31.1 cm (9 3/8 x 12 1/4 in.); Paper: 38 x 50 cm (14 15/16 x 19 11/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- Photograph
- Department
- Photography
- Credit line
- Gift of Betty and Max Ratner in honor of Arielle Kozloff
- Accession no.
- 1992.331
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Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00013007
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