Sphinxes with a Human Head and with a Ram Head at Point Y. Karnak (Thebes)
Félix Teynard
1851–1852
- Medium
- salted paper print from calotype negative
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Genre
- photograph
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
France, 19th century
About
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.
