Karnak (Thèbes), Cour du Palais - Vue Prise de Point I
1851–52, printed 1853–54
Medium
Salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions
30.7 x 25.2 cm. (12 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1976
Accession Number
1976.607.51
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the sun-drenched ruins of ancient Karnak with Félix Teynard's *Karnak (Thèbes), Cour du Palais Vue Prise de Point* (1851–52, printed 1853–). This salted paper print from a paper negative captures the majestic Court of the Palace at Thebes, showcasing towering columns and weathered stonework amid Egypt's vast archaeological wonders. Teynard, a pioneering French photographer and civil engineer, journeyed up the Nile in the early 1850s, documenting pharaonic monuments with unprecedented precision during Europe's Egyptomania craze. As one of the earliest photographic records of these si...
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...