4. Mosquée d’Amrou, au Kaire

4. Mosquée d’Amrou, au Kaire by Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey

Medium

Lithograph

Dimensions

Sheet: 22 3/8 × 15 5/8 in. (56.9 × 39.7 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Photographs

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Joyce F. Menschel Photography Library Fund, 2017

Accession Number

2017.66.1

About the Artist

Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey · 18041892

Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (1804–1892), born in Langres, France, as the sole surviving child of Claude Joseph Girault and Barbe Philiberte Rosine Piétrequin, inherited the lordships of Genevrières and Prangey, adopting his full surname in 1825. After studies at Langres college and in Paris, where he earned baccalauréats in letters (1826) and law (1828), he pursued artistic training under ...

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