Antique Print-EGYPT-EFDU-RIVER NILE-PTOLEMAIC TEMPLE-Pera-Denon-1802

This print shows a view of Eftou from south to north, Egypt. Eftou of Efdu is located on the west bank of the Nile River between Esna and Aswan. Edfu is the site of the Ptolemaic Temple of Horus and an ancient settlement, Tell Edfu. About 5 km (3.1 mi) south of Edfu are remains of ancient pyramids.

Made by Giovanni Pera after Vinant Denon.

Medium: Aquatint etching on handlaid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 35.2 x 18 cm (13.86 x 7.09 inch). Image size: 23.8 x 10.2 cm. (9.37 x 4.02 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Bownish on reverse. Remains of tapeglue on reverse. Fold in upper right corner. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

EGYPT-EFDU-RIVER NILE-PTOLEMAIC TEMPLE-ANCIENT SETTLEMENTS-PYRAMIDS | RBOS-A11-10

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Vinant Denon was the author of the book: ‘Voyage dans la basse et la haute Egypte’ (‘Journey in Lower and Upper Egypt’), 1802, the prints where derived from.

Biography engraver: Giovanni Pera (1799-1839) was an Italian engraver.

Biography artist: Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon (1747-1825) was a French artist, writer, diplomat, author, and archaeologist. Denon was a diplomat for France under Louis XV and Louis XVI. He was appointed as the first Director of the Louvre museum by Napoleon after the Egyptian campaign of 1798-1801, and is commemorated in the Denon Wing of the modern museum and in the Dominique-Vivant Denon Research Center. His two-volume Voyage dans la basse et la haute Egypte (‘Journey in Lower and Upper Egypt’), 1802, was foundational for modern Egyptology.