The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

The Great Temple of Abu Simbel

The Great Temple of Abu Simbel

before 1943
(British, born Belgium, 1855–1943)
Sheet: 46.3 x 33.9 cm (18 1/4 x 13 3/8 in.)
Location: not on view

Description

The British artist Walter Frederick Roofe Tyndale made repeated trips to Egypt beginning in the late 19th century. While there, he was inspired by the Abu Simbel temples, seen in this drawing, which feature relief portraits of Ramses the Great and his queen Nefertari. Here, Tyndale contrasted the massive temple with figures standing before it to give a sense of its epic scale.
  • April 19, 2006
    Christie's, New York, NY
    2006-2018
    William Kelly Simpson, Katonah, NY
    June 4, 2018
    the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • {{cite web|title=The Great Temple of Abu Simbel|url=false|author=Walter Frederick Roofe Tyndale|year=before 1943|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.73