Etching by Réville of an Egyptian temple at Thebes, after a drawing by Baron Denon. Paris, 1802.

Plate 45 of Baron Denon's Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Égypte.

2. Palais et temples de Thèbes à Médynet-a bou. 1. Le Memnoniuim. Ruins of an ancient Egyptian temple showing Egyptian painted or sculpted figures on the walls, including a globe with outstretched wings in the portico. A group of people sit nearby.

Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A

Description taken from Searight Catalogue.
Dominique Vivant Denon, Baron (1747-1825) was a leading French Egyptologist, artist, diplomat, author and antiquary. Courtier at Versailles he held various diplomatic posts. He went to Egypt during the Napoleonic Campaign in 1798-9 and published 'Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Égypte' in 1802 and his drawings were also published in 'Description de L'Égypte' in 1809-22.
J Nowinsky 'Baron Dominique Vivant Denon (1747-1825): Hedonist and Sholar in a Period of Transition' (Cranbury, New Jersey, 1970. and NGI, 'The East', 1988.

Titles for the prints which are not lettered with titles are taken from the 1802 edition of Denon's book, as are the plate numbers. In many cases, the above prints are different states from those in the 1802 edition, since they lack the lettering 'de L'imprimerie de Dien' present on some of the plates in the book.

SP.204:10