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David Roberts
The Great Temple of Aboosemble, Nubia
1846

Name: The Great Temple of Aboosemble, Nubia
Brand: David Roberts
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$3,400List Price

About the Item

Original hand-colored lithograph by David Roberts (1796 – 1864) published by F.G. Moon, 1846. The Great Temple at Abu Simbel took about twenty years to build and was completed around year 24 of the reign of Ramesses the Great (corresponding to 1265 BC). It was dedicated to the gods Amun, Ra-Horakhty, and Ptah, as well as to the deified Rameses himself. It is generally considered the grandest and most beautiful of the temples commissioned during the reign of Rameses II, and one of the most beautiful in Egypt. Four colossal 20 meter statues of the pharaoh with the double Atef crown of Upper and Lower Egypt decorate the facade of the temple, which is 35 meters wide and is topped by a frieze with 22 baboons, worshippers of the sun, which flank the entrance. The colossal statues were sculptured directly from the rock in which the temple was located before it was moved. All statues represent Ramesses II, seated on a throne and wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. David Roberts, considered one of the great architectural artists of his time, was born at Stockbridge near Edinburgh and at the age of 10, apprenticed to Gavin Buego, a house painter. Following his apprenticeship, Roberts did faux stone work and paneling at Scone Palace and Abercairney Abbey. In 1818, Roberts worked as an assistant scene painter in theatres in Edinburgh, Glasgow and the Drury Lane Theatre in London. Throughout the 1820s, he exhibited at the Society of British Artists and the Royal Academy. By 1830, Roberts was firmly established as a topographical artist. He then was able to give up his theatre work and travel, touring the continent, Scotland and Spain. In 1839, he departed for Alexandria and spent the remaining part of the year in Cairo, visiting numerous tombs and other sites. The following year he crossed the desert to get to the Holy Land by way of Suez, Mount Sinai, Petra and Gaza. He went on to Jerusalem, spending several months visiting key biblical sites and returned to England at the end of 1839. Roberts' works were published in London as lithographs by Louis Haghe (1806 – 1885), himself a lithographer and watercolor artist, in 41 parts over seven years, 1842 – 1849. This became one of Haghe's most ambitious and successful projects and confirmed Roberts as one England's great architectural and landscape artists. Image size: 13.5 x 19.5 inches Matted in a 3.5 inch-wide, acid-free ivory mat. Full size: 20.0 x 26.5 inches.

Creator:
David Roberts (1796-1864, British)
Creation Year:
1846
Dimensions:
Height: 13.5 in (34.29 cm)Width: 19.5 in (49.53 cm)
Medium:
Lithograph
Movement & Style:
Realist
Period:
1840-1849
Condition:
Gallery Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU5182349201

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