- Title:
The Hypostyle Hall of the Great Temple at Abu Simbel, Egypt
- Date:
- 1849
- Medium:
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions:
- 14 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (36.8 x 54.6 cm), Frame: 22 1/2 × 28 3/4 inches (57.2 × 73 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in brown, lower left: "David Roberts R.A. 1849"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.534
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1981.25.534FR
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | architecture | book | colossal | columns (architectural elements) | Egyptian | Egyptian architecture | frescoes | genre subject | gods | hall | hieroglyphics | hypostyle hall | men | reading | robes | sarcophaguses | sculpture | temple | turbans | visitors
- Associated Places:
- Abu Simbel | As Said | Egypt
- Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1018
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