Egypt and Nubia: Volume II - No. 7, Colossi at Wady Saboua
1838
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1838
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Egypt and Nubia: Volume II - No. 7, Colossi at Wady Saboua is a 1838 by Louis Haghe, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a giant stone statue of a king standing in front of a temple doorway. Four smaller figures—two children and two adults—stand around the statue, looking up at it. One child holds a shield, another points at the statue, and a broken statue head lies on the ground nearby. The artist drew this from real ruins in Egypt, where huge statues like this were once common. The sketch has a rough, sketchy feel, almost like a travel journal entry. If you like this style, look up Romanticism.
