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The Pyramids of Giza

Watercolour
ca. 1800 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour drawing


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleThe Pyramids of Giza (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and gouache, heightened with white
Brief description
Watercolour, The Pyramids of Giza, about 1800, by Luigi Mayer
Physical description
Watercolour drawing
Dimensions
  • Height: 39.2cm
  • Width: 54.5cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered VEDUTA DELLE PIRAMIDI DI GIZA DOVE VEDESI LA SECONDA PIRAMIDE CON LA TESTA DELLA SFINGE IN PIU BASSO PIANO.
Translation
View of the Pyramids of Giza where can be seen the Second Pyramid with the Head of the Sphinx in addition at a lower level.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Object history
According to Rodney Searight: - `The pair [with SD.643] bt fr P. Mullins, Nov.1969 £55'
Historical context
Cf. other versions: View of the pyramid of Giza, & the Second Pyramid, with the colossal head of the Sphinx, Eyre & Hobhouse, 1983 (42); Veduta Delle Piramidi Di Giza..., Sotheby's, 16.10.81 (98).
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Bibliographic reference
See large group of gouche drawings by Luigi Mayer, commissioned by Robert Ainslie (1729-1812) in Adam's Country House Collections at Slane Castle, Co. Meath, catalogue of auction held on 6th October 2009, lots 517 to 542.
Collection
Accession number
SD.644

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Record createdMarch 1, 2008
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