Gate of Ptolemy Philomeder, B.C. 180, Karnac
ca. 1856
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image: 9 1/8 × 7 3/8 in. (23.2 × 18.7 cm) Mount: 16 in. × 12 3/16 in. (40.6 × 31 cm)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert O. Dougan Collection, Gift of Warner Communications Inc., 1981
Accession Number
1981.1229.49
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step through time at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with this albumen silver print,Gate of Ptolemy Phileder, B.C. 180, Karnac*, created around 1856 by photographers J. Hogarth and Murray. The image immortalizes a grand pylon gate from the Karnak Temple complex in Luxor, Egypt, built during the reign of Ptolemy VI Philometor (r. 180–145 B.C.). This Ptolemaic-era structure exemplifies the fusion of pharaonic grandeur and Hellenistic influences, with towering walls adorned in hieroglyphs and reliefs celebrating the king's divine rule amid Egypt's transition under Greek Ptolemaic dynasty. Albumen...
About the Artist
J. Hogarth|Robert Murray ( |British) · |1822 – |1893
|British, Edinburgh 1822–1893 Plymouth