1846
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Egypt and Nubia, Volume I: Pyramids of Geezeh, from the Nile is a 1846 by Louis Haghe, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This drawing shows a group of people sitting by the water’s edge, wrapped in loose robes. In the background, three large pyramids rise over a flat, sandy landscape with boats floating on the river. The artist used soft lines and shading to show the light hitting the pyramids and the figures. The title tells us this is a view of the pyramids near the Nile River. The people appear calm, maybe resting or talking, while the pyramids loom in the distance like ancient sentinels. Next, look up Romanticism to see how this style often mixed adventure with everyday life.
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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