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Colosses dits de Memnon, Ruines de Thèbes (Colossi of Memnon at Thebes)

1829
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Colosses dits de Memnon, Ruines de Thèbes (Colossi of Memnon at Thebes)
  • Series/Portfolio: Lettres sur orient
  • Artist: After Marie-Théodore Renoüard de Bussièrre (French, Strasbourg 1802–1865 Reichshoffen)
  • Artist: Figures after Victor Adam (French, 1801–1866)
  • Lithographer: Léon Jean-Baptiste Sabatier (French, active 1820–72, died 1887)
  • Printer: Godefroy Engelmann (German (born France), Mulhouse 1788–1839 Mulhouse)
  • Date: 1829
  • Medium: Hand-colored lithograph with gum, on chine collé
  • Dimensions: Chine: 9 5/16 × 12 1/8 in. (23.6 × 30.8 cm)
    Mount: 10 7/8 in. × 14 13/16 in. (27.7 × 37.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Nellie Casson, 1978
  • Object Number: 1978.652.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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