Tag: Egypt

Philae (Egypt)

Φιλαί Philae in Art: Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Cleopatra at Philae c.1855–1912 Victoria and Albert Museum, London     See also: • Cities | Egypt

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

(1836–1912) Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, OM, RA The artist’s works: Mary Magdalene 1854 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Cleopatra at Philae c.1855–1912 Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Education of the Children of Clovis 1861 Private collection An Egyptian in a Doorway 1865 Metropolitan Museum of…

Femme au balcon (1887-1888)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Femme au balcon (Woman at a Balcony) 1887–1888 Oil on canvas, 50.2 × 41.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Seen from below as if from street level and posed seductively in a revealing costume, this woman is…

Prière à la mosquée (1871)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Prière à la mosquée (Prayer in the Mosque) 1871 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 74.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gérôme painted this scene, which depicts the interior of the seventh-century mosque of ‘Amr in Cairo, after…

Café Maison, Le Caire (1884)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Café Maison, Le Caire; la coulée balles (Cafe House, Cairo; Casting Bullets) 1884 or earlier Oil on canvas, 54.6 x 62.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York While two mercenaries cast bullets and a third, seated behind them,…

Vue de Médinet el-Fayoum (c.1868-1870)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Vue de Médinet el-Fayoum (View of Medinet El-Fayoum) c.1868–1870 Oil on wood, 38 x 56 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) was the most publicly honored and financially successful French artist of the second half of…

Faiyum (Egypt)

Faiyum in Art: Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Vue de Médinet el-Fayoum c.1868–1870 National Gallery of Art, Washington     See also: • Cities | Egypt