Lot Essay
A version, dated 1873, was exhibited in London, Institute of Painters in Watercolours, 1873, no. 34 and is reproduced in P. Berko, Ancient Egypt in Nineteenth Century Painting, Brussels, 1992, p. 70.
A Doorway leading from the Court of the Temple of Isis to the small Temple called the Bed of the Pharaohs, Islands of Philae, Egypt
Details
Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner (German, 1808-1894)
A Doorway leading from the Court of the Temple of Isis to the small Temple called the Bed of the Pharaohs, Islands of Philae, Egypt
signed and dated 'C. Werner. f. 1867.' (lower right)
pencil, watercolor and bodycolour on paper
21 x 15½ in. (53.5 x 39 cm.)
A Doorway leading from the Court of the Temple of Isis to the small Temple called the Bed of the Pharaohs, Islands of Philae, Egypt
signed and dated 'C. Werner. f. 1867.' (lower right)
pencil, watercolor and bodycolour on paper
21 x 15½ in. (53.5 x 39 cm.)
Provenance
W. Edmund Sibeth Esq.; sale, Christie's, 29 March 1884, lot 123 (71 gns. to Volker).
Sale room notice
Please note this work is on card and not on paper as stated in the catalogue.