Jean-Claude Golvin

Saqqara, the temple of Isis and the catacombs

Type

Drawing

Equipment used

Arches watercolor paper, Black ink, Graphite, Watercolor

Dimensions

56.2 × 76 cm (Overall) 38.8 × 73.3 cm (Drawing)

Period

antiquity

Geographical area

Location or theme

Saqqarah

Miscellaneous

Presentation :

Aerial view of the Temple of Isis and catacombs at Saqqara. The drawing is in landscape format. It is framed in ink. Inscriptions and traces of watercolor are visible in the margins. Inscriptions appear on the reverse.
The drawing shows the area of Isis, mother of the Apis, and the catacombs of the northern Ibis, cows, baboons, falcons and southern Ibis.

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