Erment (Hermonthis), Vue Générale des Ruines -Temple et Mammisi
1851–52, printed 1853–54
Medium
Salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions
24.3 x 30.2 cm. (9 9/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1976
Accession Number
1976.607.69
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the sun-baked sands of ancient Egypt with Félix Teynard's *Erment (Hermonthis Vue Générale des Ru - Temple et Mammisi* (1851–52, printed 1853–). This salted paper print captures a sweeping view of the crumbling Ptolemaic temple and mammisi—a sacred birth house dedicated to divine motherhood—at the site of ancient Hermonthis. Towering columns rise amid the ruins, evoking the grandeur pharaonic architecture now softened by time and desert winds. Created during the early dawn of photography, Teynard's image is a salted paper print from a paper negative, a calotype process pioneered by ...
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...