Esneh (Latopolis), Construction Ensablée - Architrave, Fûts et Chapiteaux
Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
Catalogue
- Year
- 1851
- Dimensions
- Image: 24.9 x 30.7 cm (9 13/16 x 12 1/16 in.) Mount: 40.1 x 51.8 cm (15 13/16 x 20 3/8 in.)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Félix Teynard
Artist
Printmaking
Félix Teynard was a French photographer and pioneer of early photographic documentation in the Middle East during the 1850s. Working with the calotype process, he produced some of the earliest systematic photographic surveys of Egyptian and Nubian monuments, temples, and landscapes. His work established photography as a tool for archaeological and architectural recording at a moment when the medium was still in its technical infancy. Teynard's images combined documentary precision with compositional sophistication, capturing both monumental scale and fine detail in a body of work that bridged artistic and scientific inquiry.
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- Félix Teynard
- Year
- 1851
- Dimensions
- Image: 24.9 x 30.7 cm (9 13/16 x 12 1/16 in.) Mount: 40.1 x 51.8 cm (15 13/16 x 20 3/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1851-010975
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified