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Ancient Egypt

Pharaohs, pyramids, gods of the Nile and the Book of the Dead.

El antiguo Egipto · O antigo Egito · 119 images

Dark etching of a man with a lantern leading a horse carrying a veiled woman through a night landscape.The Flight Into Egypt: A Night PieceEtching of a night journey: a man with a lantern leads a donkey carrying a veiled woman, with a basket behind her, against dark hatched shadows.The Flight into Egypt: a Night PieceVirgin in a blue mantle nurses the Christ Child on a rocky slope, with dark trees and a distant town behind them.The Rest on the Flight into EgyptThree-panel altarpiece with arched tops; central scene of the Virgin and Christ-child with kneeling kings and crowds, flanked by horsemen and landscapes.Drieluik met de aanbidding der koningenNight landscape with a glowing campfire beside a pool, small figures resting under trees, cattle nearby, and a distant lit building on a hill.Nocturnal Landscape with the Holy Family resting on the flight into EgyptPainting of a woman in a blue cloak holding a child on a donkey, led by a barefoot man with a staff through a dark night landscape.The Flight into EgyptBlack and white etching of five muscular nude men interlocked in a stacked pyramid, limbs stretched in dramatic poses above a shaded floor line.Pyramid of Five MenOil painting of a robed man raising a staff against a stormy sky above churning waves, with companions gripping rocks in the wind.The Destruction of Pharaoh's ArmyEngraving of Mary holding the infant Jesus with Joseph, cherubs, a donkey and an ox in a hilly landscape with a sphinx at left.The holy family resting among animals in Egypt. Etching by B. Baron, 1724, after F. SolimeDark painting of a ruined stone archway at night, with a woman and child resting in light at lower left and a shadowed standing figure at right.Travellers Resting (Rest on the Flight into Egypt)Dark engraved night landscape with two travelers and a donkey on a path by water, moon and clouds above, Latin inscription below.The flight into Egypt in the night, illuminated by the moon and the milky way. Engraving bColoured lithograph of a tall hieroglyph-carved obelisk on flat grassland, with robed figures walking nearby, palm trees and distant pyramids under cloudy sky.Obelisk at Heliopolis, known in the Bible as On, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis HagheDark etching of a figure with a glowing lantern leading a horse, with a hooded rider emerging from shadow at right.The Flight into EgyptHand-coloured etching of figures crowded on a column capital in grey clouds, one holding a telescope-like instrument and a winged figure at right, with a French banner.French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set Engraved oval emblem of a nude woman holding a flower sprig and a small object, with radiating lines behind her and the label 37 Beauty.Iconologia: or, moral emblems .... Wherein are express'd various images of virtues, vices,Engraving of a nude man seen from behind, arms raised, standing on rocks where water falls, with pyramids and clouds.Fertilization of EgyptHand-coloured etching of a river turned red, with figures on the banks, dead fish, a palm tree, and a walled city with towers.The first plague in Egypt, rivers turned to blood. Coloured etching.Black and white engraved cosmological diagram with a central sun, radiating rays, zodiac figures on a circle, and small inset diagrams of spheres and orbits.A cosmological plan detailing Copernicus' astronomical vision, surrounded by diagrams of tHand-coloured etching of people fleeing a swarm of insects through a colonnaded Egyptian city street rendered in deep perspective.The plague of insects. Coloured etching.Coloured etching of figures in hats and robes crowded on a smoking column while turbaned men with spears set fire to its base; books and a balloon float in the sky.French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set Hand-coloured etching of a stormy city with lightning and hail, people and animals fleeing across a foreground field.The plague of hail and thunder. Coloured etching.Dim rustic interior under sloping beams: a woman in red holds a sleeping infant by a railing, a man stands behind, a dog lies nearby, and a figure rests by a fireplace.The Rest on the Flight into EgyptEngraving of a seated woman in a wide hat, a bearded man with a donkey, and a boy beside a tall palm tree.The Virgin Mary, pregnant with James, and Joseph voyage back from Egypt with the child JesEtching of Mary holding the infant Jesus while a man leads a donkey along a path under a tree, with rocky hills behind.Mary and Joseph prepare to flee into Egypt with the infant Jesus. Etching by Agostino CarrSepia photograph of a tall carved stone pylon gateway at an Egyptian temple, with rows of figures, a doorway, and a colonnade to the left.Edfou, Egypt: the pylon at the Great Temple. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.Sepia photograph of ancient Egyptian temple towers and colonnade on a riverbank, with palms and buildings reflected in calm water.Philae, Egypt: temple buildings reflected in the Nile. Photograph by A. Beato, ca. 1870.Hand-coloured lithograph with a central lion, a helmeted woman, and many small scenes of crowds, ships, a dinner table, and a sleeping figure.Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including a mob by the Palace of Westminster [?], aHand-coloured lithograph of apocalyptic scenes: an armoured rider, a lion, a bearded man with a staff, crowds and a biblical inscription under an angel.Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including rural deprivation, a mob by the Palace ofEtching of robed figures with a mounted horseman near palm trees, beside a fortified palace and terrace on a Nile riverbank.Egyptian fortune-tellers outside a palace on the Nile. Etching by V. Pillement, J.L.C. PauEtching of a man leading a donkey on a wooded path, with a robed rider carrying a bundle, under gnarled trees.The Flight into Egypt: SmallEtching of a wooded landscape with small travelers and a donkey on a path, and a distant town under a pale sky.The Flight into EgyptAncient Egyptian papyrus painting of a jackal-headed god weighing a heart on a scale, with standing women and hieroglyphs in red, black and green.Book of the Dead for the Chantress of Amun, NaunyPainting of a holy family in a small boat on water, pushed by a winged angel with a pole, with cherubs in clouds above and rocky shores.Flight into EgyptEngraving of a bearded hermit in a hood holding a book, with a rosary, skull, staff, and horned animals around him under a bright halo.KluizenaarsPainted fantasy landscape with a carved stone monument topped by a reclining statue, a cardinal in red and crowds of figures in the foreground.Fantasy Landscape with Saint Charles BorromeoSeated Egyptian ruler in white robes, with men raising their arms before a gilded chariot and columns.Joseph Dwelleth in EgyptDark grayscale painting of a winged sphinx on a smoky hill above corpses and a cannon on a battlefield.EnigmaEtching of a woman on a donkey holding a child, with a man in a cap walking beside her with a staff, among dense trees.The Flight into Egypt: Crossing a BrookRectangular inlaid stone table with green marble border and three carved pale stone supports featuring winged figures and scrollwork.The Farnese TableEtching of a large carved urn on a pedestal beside a ruined classical colonnade, with a tree and two small figures at left."Vase reposant sur deux Sphinx adossés", plate 2 from the series Vasi...Painted limestone relief of a standing Egyptian ruler in a white crown with a long staff, beside carved hieroglyph columns, with a partial cow and red sun disk at right.Relief of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II and the Goddess HathorFull-length painting of a bearded man in a red fez, dark coat, and blue trousers, standing above a hazy city with pyramids and domes behind him.Modern EgyptianPainting of the Great Sphinx in desert sand with two pyramids behind, and small robed figures and camels in the foreground.The SphinxEtching of a stone sphinx with a striped headdress leaning on a riverside embankment, bare trees and faint buildings behind it.Sphinx, Thames, LondonWatercolor of women in pale robes drawing a baby from a basket in a river, with tall reeds and a hut in the background.Pharaoh's Daughter Has Moses Brought to HerBlack-and-white wood engraving of a horseman in a hat beside a large sphinx with a headdress on a sandy desert plain with distant hills.Napoleon before the SphinxWoman in white robe kneels in shallow water among tall reeds, placing an infant in a woven basket under a pale glowing sun.Moses Laid Amid the FlagsSepia photograph of ruined stone walls with arched niches and large blocks at Baalbek, with rubble in the foreground.Baalbeck (Héliopolis), Hémicycle De L'Enciente Des Temples Du Soleil Et De Jupiter; SyrieGreen glazed earthenware vase with four animal-headed handles arching over a bulbous body decorated with raised concentric circles.Grotesque VasePainting of a winged angel above a kneeling bearded man with a staff, and a woman in a blue cloak reclining in a dim stone interior.Joseph's dreamDark etching of a night journey: a man with a lantern at left, and a veiled woman riding a shadowy animal behind him.The Flight into Egypt: A Night PieceBlack-and-white lithograph of three women: one in a black dress at left, a nude figure with raised arms in the center, and a pale long-haired woman at right.Woman (The Sphinx)Dark oval painting of nude women gathered by a pool beneath trees, one kneeling on the bank, with a figure bathing in the water at lower right.The Finding of MosesBlack-and-white reproduction of a painting: a woman nursing an infant in a rocky hollow while a kneeling man in a dark cloak watches beside a knapsack and staff.Rest on the Flight into EgyptFresco on a dark ground with a central candelabrum flanked by two pale swans, framed by thin gold borders.Wall painting on black ground: Egyptianizing scene and pair of swans, from the imperial viEngraving of Aaron raising a censer among robed figures, with bodies lying on the ground and tents in the distance.Aaron staying the plague. I. Taylor after I. Taylor junior, 1815.Engraved oval emblem of a nude woman standing on a globe, holding a falcon on her arm, with clouds behind her, labeled Nature.Iconologia: or, moral emblems .... Wherein are express'd various images of virtues, vices,Engraved oval emblem of a crowned woman in robes holding a garland, with an ape reading a book at lower left and stacked books at lower right.Iconologia: or, moral emblems .... Wherein are express'd various images of virtues, vices,Engraving of a robed woman beside a tall pyramid inscribed with five names, cherubs at lower left, and a winged figure among clouds.Hygieia stands before a pyramid engraved with the names of famous figures in the history oEtching of an interior with a draped bed, a seated woman holding a child, a cradle, and a cloaked man gesturing toward a bright window.Vlucht naar EgypteEtching of the Virgin kneeling beside a tall cross, with the Christ child reaching toward it, cherubs in clouds above, a winged figure at left, and a tree.Jozefs droomEtched print with a riverside scene of women in long dresses above circular vignettes depicting biblical episodes with animals, fire, and a serpent.Scenes from the life of Moses before the Exodus. Etching, 1799.Engraved emblem captioned Exercise: a standing figure holds a ring and a scroll, with a helmet, spear and anchor at his feet and hills behind.Iconologia: or, moral emblems .... Wherein are express'd various images of virtues, vices,Coloured etching of frogs hopping on Nile steps before an Egyptian city while people in red and blue flee; a palm tree frames the right side.The plague of frogs. Coloured etching.Black and white engraving of a young man in a cloak standing before a bearded seated elder, with a jar at lower left and a chariot procession in the background.Geschiedenis van JozefEngraving of a seated woman holding a mirror and brushes, with a monkey at her feet beside a panel, in an oval frame labeled Imitation.Iconologia: or, moral emblems .... Wherein are express'd various images of virtues, vices,Black-and-white etching of a family boarding a small boat on a river, with winged angels and cherubs above.Accompanied by angels, the fugitive holy family board a barge to cross a river. Etching byHand-coloured etching of a walled city beside a red-tinted river with figures, boats, palm trees and architecture, with printed captions below.The first plague in Egypt, rivers turned to blood. Coloured etching.Hand-coloured etching of a city square in perspective with an obelisk, robed figures gesturing, fallen animals, and a dim sky.The plague of darkness. Coloured etching.Engraved plate showing a bull butting an egg on a pedestal, flanked by an egg with a crescent and a serpent wrapped around an egg.The world as an egg: three cosmogonical figures. Etching by Barlow, 1795.Coloured etching of a crowded Egyptian street with robed figures, cattle, dogs and sheep, and a crowned figure on steps beneath a columned gateway.The plague of lice. Coloured etching.Etching of a robed figure with a halo holding a child beside a man leading a donkey on a path among trees under a cloudy sky.Mary and Joseph voyage to Egypt with the infant Jesus. Etching by A.-C.-P. de Caylus afterRed crayon drawing of a recumbent sphinx with a human face and headdress, lying on a stone base, shaded with hatching strokes.A Recumbent SphinxOpen wooden triptych: central crucifixion scene with crowd and hilltop, kneeling donors at left, a robed woman at right, under carved Gothic arches.Triptych: Calvary, with donors (open); St. Christopher with the Christ child on the road (Black and white engraving of a winter landscape with bare trees, a well, cottages and a hillside town, with a small figure in a cloud at upper right.The month January and the sign of Aquarius, represented by a winter landscape, the dream oEtching of a muscular man wading through water with a figure on his shoulders, gripping a tall pole; a printing press and smoke appear in the background.Esopus in EuropaWood engraving of men pushing a wheeled cart and leading a donkey up a rocky slope, with camels and riders on the ridge behind.Astronomy: a British and Egyptian party taking astronomical and photographic equipment thrStipple engraving of a half-dressed woman reclining on a bed as a startled young man in a tunic pulls away at right beneath heavy curtains.Potiphar's wife tumbles on her bed with a terrified Joseph. Stipple engraving by W. NutterBlack and white etching of several flower sprigs and two large tulips in a bordered plate, with small printed labels beneath.Designs for Flowers: Single Julienne, Pyramidal Bellflower, Artere Petal, White Lily, YellEngraving of a banquet in an arched hall, with a bearded man in a plumed hat at a draped table and a kneeling robed figure, a dog, and onlookers.Geschiedenis van JozefWoodcut of a baobab fruit on a book page, one whole and one cut open to show seeds in chambers, with the header Fructus Baobab.De plantis Aegypti liber. In qvo non pavci, qvi circa herbarum materiam irrepserunt, errorEngraving of a crowned seated ruler and a standing robed man beside curtains, with a walled city and small figures in the background.Geschiedenis van JozefEngraving of a headscarfed woman carrying a basket on her head beside a bearded man with a staff, walking past palm trees; two angels float in clouds above.Mary and Joseph walk to Egypt with the infant Jesus. Engraving by N. Pitau, 1666, after S.Black-and-white engraving: leafless tree, a rider on a donkey crossing a hilly landscape, soldiers attacking figures at right, French verse in the caption below.De twaalf maandenLithograph of a foreshortened male nude tumbling diagonally, legs raised, arms outstretched, shaded with fine hatching.Prometheus chained, two pendentives and an Egyptian Saint Marie, volume 3, plate 234 from Etching of a grieving woman in white beside a reed basket holding a sleeping baby among rushes by a river, with a shadowy figure at left.The mother of Moses sadly abandons her child by the river Nile. Etching by C. Heath, 1821,Dark painting of a winged angel pointing at a bearded man in an orange turban, with a veiled woman seated in front and a donkey in shadow.Joseph's Dream (Studio of Rembrandt, 1650-1655)Moonlit river with a small sailboat under a pale moon, soft blue tones, hazy distant shore, and light reflecting on the water.NilePainted forest scene with a huge gnarled tree dominating the view, two small figures resting at its base beside a pond with a white bird.Rust op de vlucht naar EgyptePainting of women in tall grass gathered around an infant in a basket; a standing woman in a pale gown watches while children stand at left.Pharaoh's Daughter Receives the Mother of MosesPencil drawing of the Great Sphinx's head and shoulders in sand, with two pyramids sketched faintly on the horizon at left and right.Sphinx with Pyramids of Ghizeh, EgyptSmall green bronze sculpture of a winged figure with a tall headdress, wings spread wide, standing on a black square pedestal against a pale background.Winged Isis--EgyptianWatercolor of a seated nude woman in a white turban before a large sphinx head in a pale desert landscape.Spirit of the SphinxDark basalt statue of a standing man with crossed arms, wrapped in a cloak covered with incised hieroglyphic columns, on a rectangular base.Statue of ShebenhorDark charcoal drawing of a large shadowy profile head with a hooded crown, emerging from smudged dark background with pale light near the bottom edge.The SphinxGray rectangular stone slab with shallow carved relief: a central sun disk, smaller heads, a serpent-like form, and a framed panel with a figure.Coronation Stone of Moctezuma XocoyotzinSepia lithograph of a man in a bicorne hat and long military coat standing center, with a winged female figure holding a laurel branch behind him.Napoleon in EgyptGilt bronze statuette of a mounted rider raising a hat, on a dark wood pedestal with columns and a gilded female figure.Napoleon Entering CairoPainted wooden mummiform statue of an Egyptian deity with a tall plumed crown and green disk, standing on a patterned base against a gray background.Statue of Ptah-Sokar-OsirisBrown ink and wash drawing of a seated Virgin holding an infant with a haloed head, with a bending figure at right and white highlights on tan paper.The Holy Family Resting on the Flight into EgyptEngraving of a nude man with a staff facing a winged sphinx on rocks in a dark cave setting.Oedipus and the SphinxPale limestone relief plaque of a falcon wearing a tall crown, with a sun disk and ankh carved to the left.Relief Plaque Depicting the God Horus as a FalconSepia wash drawing: a young man leaning against a tree beside sheep, comforted by a bearded older man with a laurel wreath who holds a scroll.Telemachus is Consoled by Termosiris, Priest of Apollo, from The Adventures of Telemachus,Dark black-and-white painting of a thatched shed with a seated figure in its doorway and a cloaked traveler with a staff in the foreground.Rest on the Flight into EgyptSepia photograph of ruined stone walls with niches and pilasters at Baalbeck, with scattered rubble and grass in the foreground.Baalbeck, Intérieur De L'Enceinte Des Temples Du Soleil Et De Jupiter; SyrieDark bronze lamp shaped as a crouching sphinx with a human head, curled hair, scroll-decorated body, and a shallow shell-like dish in front, on a grey background.Oil Lamp in the Form of a SphinxDark Roman fresco wall with framed panels, gold linear ornament, a small yellow medallion, and a maroon lower dado with geometric designs.Wall painting on black ground: Egyptianizing scene and pair of swans, from the imperial viEtching of the Virgin with haloed head and child beneath a tree, a bird nearby, and a reclining man on grass at right under open sky.Rust op de vlucht naar EgypteEtching of a woman nursing an infant on a donkey, with a man in a cap walking beside them beneath a tree.The flight into Egypt: Mary rides on the donkey, breast-feeding Jesus; Joseph walks besideEtching of a giant carrying a child on his shoulder and holding a tall staff, with a printing press at left and fire at right.Esopus in EuropaPrinted broadsheet with a grid of twelve small scenes of the story of Joseph, each with Dutch caption text beneath.Zie hier in dit tafreel hoe 't lot van Jozef toont, / Hoe soms de onschuld lijdt, maar GodTwo oval engravings of biblical scenes: men receiving grain at a building on the left, and a man in a cape before a seated turbaned ruler on the right.Scènes uit het leven van JozefHand-colored printed sheet with twelve small framed scenes of the story of Joseph, each captioned in Dutch, showing robed figures, a dream, and a carriage.Zie hier in dit tafreel hoe 't lot van Jozef toont, / Hoe soms de onschuld lijdt, maar GodEngraving of a woman in a robe beside a wooden printing press, labelled 282 Printing, within an oval frame.Iconologia: or, moral emblems .... Wherein are express'd various images of virtues, vices,Engraving of a winged woman in an oval frame labelled Curiosity, standing before a hilly landscape with a tower and clouds.Iconologia: or, moral emblems .... Wherein are express'd various images of virtues, vices,Printed broadsheet with twelve small engraved scenes of figures in interiors and outdoors, with Dutch captions above and below.Zie hier in dit tafreel hoe 't lot van Jozef toont, / Hoe soms de onschuld lijdt, maar GodHand-colored printed sheet with twelve small scenes of figures in period dress, each with Dutch text captions, depicting the story of Joseph.Zie hier in dit tafreel hoe 't lot van Jozef toont, / Hoe soms de onschuld lijdt, maar GodEngraved plate of two lizards in black ink on pale paper, with a handwritten label above and small detail sketches at right.Engraving of lizard species "Cnemidophorus Presignis"Pen and brown ink sketch of a bearded man supporting a veiled woman beside a loaded donkey, with loose hatched shading around them.The Holy Family Departing for Egypt