1846
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Egypt and Nubia, Volume I: Interior of the Temple of Aboo-Simbel is a 1846 by Louis Haghe, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This drawing shows four giant stone statues standing side by side in a dim temple. They’re carved to look like kings, with tall headdresses and stiff poses. Behind them, a doorway opens to a darker room where a few small figures stand. The artist drew this from life, but the statues’ faces are smooth and blank. The temple walls have carvings and symbols, but they’re hard to make out. Next, check out Romanticism to see how artists used travel and history in their work.
Louis Haghe (17 March 1806 – 9 March 1885) was a lithographer and watercolourist from the Netherlands and then the United Kingdom.
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