Edfou (Apollonopolis Magna), Galerie Latérale de la Cour et Pronaos
1851–52, printed 1853–54
Medium
Salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions
24.7 x 30.8 cm. (9 3/4 x 12 1/8 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1976
Accession Number
1976.607.76
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the sun-drenched ruins of ancient Egypt with Félix Teynard's *Edfou (Apollonopolis Magna), Galerie Latérale de la Cour et Pronaos* (1851–52, printed 1853–54). This salted paper print from a paper negative captures the lateral gallery of the court and pronaos at the Temple of Horus in Edfu—one of Egypt's best-preserved Ptolemaic monuments. Towering columns and intricate carvings evoke the grandeur of a site dedicated to the falcon-headed god, blending pharaonic tradition with Greco-Roman influences. Teynard, a pioneering French photographer and architect, joined the 1851–52 expeditio...
About the Artist
Félix Teynard|Imprimerie Photographique de H. de Fonteny et Cie · 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...