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[Egyptian Obelisk, "Cleopatra's Needle," in Alexandria, Egypt], Francis Frith British, Albumen silver print from glass negative
[Egyptian Obelisk, "Cleopatra's Needle," in Alexandria, Egypt]
Attributed to Francis Frith
ca. 1870
Egyptian Obelisk, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae", Etienne DuPérac French, Engraving
Egyptian Obelisk, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"
Etienne DuPérac
Publisher Claudio Duchetti
mid-to-late 16th century
The Egyptian Obelisk of Augustus, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae", Anonymous, Engraving and etching
The Egyptian Obelisk of Augustus, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"
Anonymous
Publisher Nicolaus van Aelst
1589
The Egyptian Obelisk of Augustus, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae", Anonymous, Etching and engraving
The Egyptian Obelisk of Augustus, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"
Anonymous
Publisher Nicolaus van Aelst
1589
The Egyptian Obelisk of Constantine, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae", Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla Italian, Engraving and etching
The Egyptian Obelisk of Constantine, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"
Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla
Publisher Nicolaus van Aelst
1589
The Egyptian Obelisk of Augustus, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae", Anonymous, Engraving and etching
The Egyptian Obelisk of Augustus, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"
Anonymous
Publisher Nicolaus van Aelst
1589
Design for an Egyptian Obelisk with Fountain for Pope Pius VI, Giovanni Stern Italian, Pen and dark brown ink, brush and blue, gray and brown wash, over preliminary traces in graphite
Design for an Egyptian Obelisk with Fountain for Pope Pius VI
Giovanni Stern
ca. 1788
Cypresses, Vincent van Gogh Dutch, Oil on canvas
Cypresses
Vincent van Gogh
1889
Rome, Quirinale, Unknown, Salted paper print from paper negative
Rome, Quirinale
Unknown
ca. 1855
Scarab with Bes Adoring an Obelisk, Steatite
Scarab with Bes Adoring an Obelisk
ca. 1295–1070 B.C.
Egyptian Obelisk, from "Vedute di Roma" (Views of Rome), part I
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1750–78
Scarab with kneeling Nile god before obelisk, Steatite
Scarab with kneeling Nile god before obelisk
ca. 1295–1070 B.C.
Obelisk, Lambertus van Eenhoorn Dutch, Tin-glazed earthenware, Dutch, Delft
Obelisk
attributed to Lambertus van Eenhoorn
Manufactory De Metaale Pot Factory
ca. 1700–1725
The Ancient Egyptian Obelisk, As it Now Stands in Central Park, New York
Anonymous, American, 19th century
1881
The Piazza del Popolo (Veduta della Piazza del Popolo), from "Vedute di Roma", Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian, Etching
The Piazza del Popolo (Veduta della Piazza del Popolo), from "Vedute di Roma"
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1750
The Egyptian Obelisk in the Piazza di S. Giovanni Laterno (Obelisco Egizio di S. Giovanni in Laterno), from "Vedute di Roma"
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1759
Scarab with blessing related to Amun, Glazed steatite
Scarab with blessing related to Amun
ca. 1070–664 B.C.
Unidentified Object, Isamu Noguchi American, Black basalt
Unidentified Object
Isamu Noguchi
1979
Face attributed to Ptolemy II Philadelphos or a contemporary, Greywacke
Face attributed to Ptolemy II Philadelphos or a contemporary
285–246 B.C.
Procession of Sultan Süleyman through the Atmeidan from the frieze Ces Moeurs et fachons de faire de Turcz (Customs and Fashions of the Turks), Pieter Coecke van Aelst Netherlandish, Woodcut
Procession of Sultan Süleyman through the Atmeidan from the frieze Ces Moeurs et fachons de faire de Turcz (Customs and Fashions of the Turks)
After Pieter Coecke van Aelst
Publisher Mayken Verhulst
1553
A View of the Obelisk and Saint John in Lateran (above) and a View of an Egyptian Site (?) (below), Jan Goeree Dutch, Pen and black and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite and red chalk; incised
A View of the Obelisk and Saint John in Lateran (above) and a View of an Egyptian Site (?) (below)
Jan Goeree
before 1704
Portrait of Giovanni Baptista Belzoni, half-length, an Egyptian landscape below with pyramids and temples and statues including the head and arm of Amenhotep III, M. Fabroni, Lithograph
Portrait of Giovanni Baptista Belzoni, half-length, an Egyptian landscape below with pyramids and temples and statues including the head and arm of Amenhotep III
M. Fabroni
Publisher Sarah Belzoni
1824
Table, Wood, carved, painted, and partly gilded; black granite top not original to table, Italian, Rome
Table
Italian, Rome
ca. 1775–80
Les monuments d'Égypte, Oberkampf Manufactory French, Roller-printed cotton, French, Jouy-en-Josas
Les monuments d'Égypte
Manufactory Oberkampf Manufactory
Designer Jean-Baptiste Huet I
After an illustration by Louis François Cassas
ca. 1808
Colonne Antonine, from "Les Plus Beaux Monuments de Rome Ancienne ou Recueil des plus beaux Morceaux de l'Antiquité Romaine qui existent encore"
Multiple artists/makers
1761
Elevations of Two Sides of the Obelisk Called Cleopatra’s Needle and of the Two Sides of the Overturned Obelisk,” in Description de l’Egypte, 2nd ed. (Paris, 1829, vol. 5, pl. 35), Charles Louis Fleury Panckoucke French, Printed paper
Elevations of Two Sides of the Obelisk Called Cleopatra’s Needle and of the Two Sides of the Overturned Obelisk,” in Description de l’Egypte, 2nd ed. (Paris, 1829, vol. 5, pl. 35)
Publisher Published by Charles Louis Fleury Panckoucke
A.D. 1809–1829
[The Citadel and the Mosque of Mohammed Ali, Cairo], Unknown, Albumen silver print from glass negative
[The Citadel and the Mosque of Mohammed Ali, Cairo]
Unknown
1870s
Cassone with painted front panel depicting the Conquest of Trebizond, Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso Italian, Poplar wood, linen, polychromed and gilded gesso with panel painted in tempera and gold, Italian, Florence
Cassone with painted front panel depicting the Conquest of Trebizond
Attributed to workshop of Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso
and workshop of Marco del Buono Giamberti
after ca. 1461
Clock, Tiffany & Co. American, Marble, bronze, American
Clock
Tiffany & Co.
ca. 1885
Thutmose I and His Mother Seniseneb, Nina de Garis Davies, Tempera on paper
Thutmose I and His Mother Seniseneb
Nina de Garis Davies
A.D. 1925; original ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style: Two mummies in profile on the left and two figures bearing obelisks on the right, from "Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini..." (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces...)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1769
Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style: Two mummies in profile on the left and two figures brearing obelisks on the right (Ch. à l'ègyptienne), from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi...(Different Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses), Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian, Etching
Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style: Two mummies in profile on the left and two figures brearing obelisks on the right (Ch. à l'ègyptienne), from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi...(Different Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1769
Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style: Large obelisks above jambs and two sphinxes supporting an oval relief of a nude figure above a lintel, from "Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini..." (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces...)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1769