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Source Description
The Great Sphinx at Giza became a popular subject when Egyptomania swept Europe in the decades following Napoleon's military expedition to Egypt (1798-99).
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
18937
label
Recumbent Sphinx
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
18937
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Recumbent Sphinx
description
The Great Sphinx at Giza became a popular subject when Egyptomania swept Europe in the decades following Napoleon's military expedition to Egypt (1798-99).
provenance
Dr. Eleanor P. Spencer, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1970, by gift.
date
ca. 1830
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
statuettes (statues)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
11.4
height
21.8
dimensionsRaw
4 1/2 x 8 9/16 in. (11.4 x 21.8 cm)
Source extras
style
Empire
med
bronze, marble
creator_ids
6197
6229
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
57771b4fb1219b05