Description
Throughout the 1800s and into the 1900s, prints, paintings, and photographs, like Louis Haghe’s Egypt and Nubia series, brought back by artists who voyaged to Egypt, inspired American and European artists, architects, and designers to emulate ancient Egyptian motifs and styles. Egyptomania blossomed through the 1800s and can be seen in architecture around cities like Washington, DC, and in the interiors of aristocratic homes, as well as in funerary monuments, such as in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio. Looking back at these creations provides an interesting historical groundwork for debating who has the right to interpret Egyptian motifs and styles.
Provenance
Paris sale, Drouot, collection Coutan-Hauguet, 16-17 December 1889 (lot 16), "Géricault [annotation gives: Girodet]: Révolte du Caire, 21 Octobre 1798, première pensée: esquisse," 15 x 24 cm, for ff 309 to Guillon [annotated]. Eugene Victor Thaw, New York. Given to the CMA in 1965.
Accession Number
1965.310
Medium
oil on paper, mounted on paper and canvas
Dimensions
Framed: 25 x 33 x 6.5 cm (9 13/16 x 13 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 15.2 x 23.3 cm (6 x 9 3/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Gift of Eugene Victor Thaw