Egypt and Nubia: Volume I - No. 32, View from under the Portico of the Temple of Edfou, Upper Egypt
1838
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1838
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Egypt and Nubia: Volume I - No. 32, View from under the Portico of the Temple of Edfou, Upper Egypt is a 1838 by Louis Haghe, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This drawing shows a grand temple entrance with tall columns and carved walls. Inside, a few people sit or stand casually—some reading, others resting. The floor is uneven, and a rolled-up mat lies near the center. The walls are packed with hieroglyphs and figures, but the scene feels quiet, like a moment frozen in time. The artist used precise lines to capture the temple’s details, making it look almost three-dimensional. This was made in 1838, when European travelers often sketched ancient sites to bring them back to life for audiences who couldn’t visit. If you like this, check out Romanticism to see how artists used imagination to explore distant places.
