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The Temple of Dendur, showing the Pylon

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Watercolor painting of a desert landscape with ancient stone structure. The structure has tall, narrow entranceway on left side. The structure is made of tan stone with brown accents. A flat top crowns the left section. To the right, there are four columns with no roof. The background shows a blue sky with some clouds and a brown hill on the horizon. The painting is signed in the bottom-right corner and has some illegible writing in the bottom-left corner.

Artwork details

Date:
1874
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 392 px
Museum record:
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