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Sphinxes with a Human Head and with a Ram Head at Point Y. Karnak (Thebes)

Sphinxes with a Human Head and with a Ram Head at Point Y. Karnak (Thebes)

1851–52
(French, 1817–1892)
publisher

Goupil et Cie

France, 19th century
salted paper print from calotype negative
Image: 23.8 x 31.1 cm (9 3/8 x 12 1/4 in.); Paper: 38 x 50 cm (14 15/16 x 19 11/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)
Gift of Betty and Max Ratner in honor of Arielle Kozloff 1992.331
Location: not on view

Description

The monumental sphinx at Giza, which has the head of a man and the body of a lion, is one of the most iconic symbols of ancient Egypt. The country contains other, humbler versions of this mythical creature. The one here with the head of a ram is only nine feet long and held a statue of a human between its paws.
  • Marquis du Bourg de Bozas Chaix d'est-Ange, Château de Prye
    (Hans P. Kraus, Jr. Fine Photographs, Inc., New York, NY)
    Betty and Max Ratner, Cleveland, OH
    February 17, 1993
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1992." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (1993): 38-79. Mentioned: p. 46, 69 www.jstor.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 357
  • Pyramids & Sphinxes: Views of Egypt. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 6-May 24, 2016).
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