Recumbent Sphinx
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).
Artifact
| id |
id
18937
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|---|---|
| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Dr. Eleanor P. Spencer, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1970, by gift.
|
| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
|
Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.2482_Fnt_BW_H70.jpg |
|---|---|
| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.2482_Fnt_BW_H70.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.2482_Fnt_BW_H70.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2482 |
Terms
Medium
bronze, marble