TWO COLOURED PRINTS FROM THE DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE, DEPICTING VIEWS...
TWO COLOURED PRINTS FROM THE DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE, DEPICTING VIEWS OF CAIRO
France, Paris, 19th century
Comprising a coloured print depicting a perspective view of the gate known as Bab Al-Futuh in Cairo, identified as plate 47 from the Description de l'Égypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, originally published in Paris in 1809; and an etching depicting an interior view of the Citadel of Cairo, plate 70 from the second edition of the same book, commissioned by Louis XVIII.
49.5 x 52.5 cm
This monumental publication was the result of the French expedition to Egypt (1798–1801), during which Napoleon supported a vast scientific survey documenting the country’s monuments, architecture, flora and fauna. Produced by nearly two thousand artists and technicians and over four hundred engravers, the work provided a comprehensive study of ancient and modern Egypt, greatly influencing nineteenth-century Orientalist art and the development of Egyptology. Many of the monuments illustrated in these plates have since disappeared.
For a similar example:
The New York Public Library, Catalogue Id: b14212718.
Provenance:
Property of a private American collector.
TWO COLOURED PRINTS FROM THE DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE, DEPICTING VIEWS OF CAIRO
France, Paris, 19th century
Comprising a coloured print depicting a perspective view of the gate known as Bab Al-Futuh in Cairo, identified as plate 47 from the Description de l'Égypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, originally published in Paris in 1809; and an etching depicting an interior view of the Citadel of Cairo, plate 70 from the second edition of the same book, commissioned by Louis XVIII.
49.5 x 52.5 cm
This monumental publication was the result of the French expedition to Egypt (1798–1801), during which Napoleon supported a vast scientific survey documenting the country’s monuments, architecture, flora and fauna. Produced by nearly two thousand artists and technicians and over four hundred engravers, the work provided a comprehensive study of ancient and modern Egypt, greatly influencing nineteenth-century Orientalist art and the development of Egyptology. Many of the monuments illustrated in these plates have since disappeared.
For a similar example:
The New York Public Library, Catalogue Id: b14212718.
Provenance:
Property of a private American collector.
