Vue du Grand Temple, Edfou (Apollinopolis Magna)

Location

Country: Egypt
City: Cairo
Place: British Embassy

André Dutertre was a French painter and a professor at the École gratuite de dessin in Paris. He took part in the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria where he drew portraits of the officers and scholars who took part in the expedition. He exhibited works at the Salon in Paris between 1804 and 1812.

Places

Africa, Egypt, Middle East

Subjects

sculpture (as Subject), topography, horse, mountain, desert, man, archaeological site, Ancient Egyptian, temple (religious building), tent/marquee, column

Materials & Techniques

engraving, coloured engraving

Artist

André Dutertre (1753 - 1842)
Beaugean

Title

Vue du Grand Temple, Edfou (Apollinopolis Magna)

Date

Medium

Coloured engraving

Dimensions

height: 46.50 cm, width: 81.50 cm

Acquisition

Origin uncertain

GAC number

17732