Béni Haçan, Architecture Hypogéenne, Tombeau d'Amoneï
1851–52
Medium
Salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions
Image: 24.4 x 30.6 cm (9 5/8 x 12 1/16 in.) Mount: 40.4 x 52.2 cm (15 7/8 x 20 9/16 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gilman Collection, Purchase, William Talbott Hillman Foundation Gift, 2005
Accession Number
2005.100.61
Tags
About the Artist
Félix Teynard · 1817–1892
**Félix Teynard (1817–1892)** was a pioneering French photographer whose work captured the ancient wonders of Egypt and Nubia with unprecedented precision and artistry. Born on January 14, 1817, in Saint-Flour, he trained as a civil engineer in Grenoble, a hub of Egyptology that likely sparked his fascination with ancient architecture. Little is documented about his early life or formal photograph...