Karnak (Thèbes), Palais - Salle Hypostyle - Fenêtre et Chapiteaux des Galeries Latérales
1851–52, printed 1853–54
Medium
Salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions
30.7 x 25.5 cm. (12 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1976
Accession Number
1976.607.57
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the grandeur of ancient Egypt with Félix Teynard's *Karnak (Thèbes), Palais - Salleostyle - Fenêtre Chapiteaux des Gal Latérales*, a paper print captured during his 1851–52 expedition and printed 1853–. This intimate 30.7 x 25.5 cm photograph frames a striking view of the Hypostyle Hall at Karnak Temple in Thebes—one of the largest religious complexes ever built, with its forest of towering papyrus-bundle columns. Teynard, a pioneering French photographer working with Imprimerie Photographique de H. de Fonteny et Cie, meticulously documented these ruins, highlighting a window and the...
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...