Current Auction
"Veduta del Cairo Presa dalla Piazza El-Uzbekyeh nel Tempo dell' Inondazione del Nilo"
Subject: Cairo, Egypt
Period: 1808 (published)
Publication: Viaggio nel Basso ed Alto Egitto
Color: Black & White
Size:
23.7 x 9.6 inches
60.2 x 24.4 cm
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This striking aquatint depicts Cairo by moonlight during the flooding of the Nile. The image was drawn by Dominique Vivant Denon and published in his Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte in 1802, which was later also published in Italian. Vivant Denon was a French artist and diplomat, who was appointed as director of the Louvre by Napoleon after the Egyptian campaign of 1798–1801.
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Condition: B+
A brown-inked aquatint, issued folding with light mat burn outside the image and a few minor spots and creases in the blank margins.
Estimate: $160 - $190
Current High Bid:
$0
Reserve: Reserve Not Met
Next Bid: $80
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