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The Gate to the Temple of Luxor

1836
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 804
The obelisk depicted here belonged to a pair that was split up when its mate was sent from Egypt to Paris in 1831. In October 1836, when this sketch was painted at Luxor, the "missing" obelisk was being raised at the center of the Place de la Concorde, where it remains today. Between 1827 and 1870, La Bouëre regularly exhibited landscapes at the Paris Salons that reflect his far-flung travels.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Gate to the Temple of Luxor
  • Artist: Antoine-Xavier-Gabriel de Gazeau, comte de La Bouëre (French, Jallais 1801–1881 Grenoble)
  • Date: 1836
  • Medium: Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
  • Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 7 3/8 in. (27 x 18.8 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: The Whitney Collection, Promised Gift of Wheelock Whitney III, and Purchase, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. McVeigh, by exchange, 2003

  • Object Number: 2003.42.37
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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