Obelisk in Karnak, December 8, 1829

Title

Obelisk in Karnak

Draughtsman

• Friedrich Maximilian Hessemer

Part Number / Total

9 / 41

Production Place

• Karnak

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• paper

Technique

• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• architecture study
• travel study

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Datiert und bezeichnet unten rechts (mit Bleistift): Karnak 8 Dbr.

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet oben links (mit Bleistift): 62.

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• architecture

Primary

• 12C61 temple, shrine ~ Egyptian religion
• 25I153 obelisk, needle
• 49L21 Egyptian hieroglyphs
• 25I9 landscape with ruins
• 61E(KARNAK) names of cities and villages (KARNAK)