Jean-Claude Golvin

West Thebes

Type

Drawing

Equipment used

Watercolor;Black ink;Graphite (traces);Drawing paper;Tracing paper

Dimensions

32.2 x 50 cm (Overall) 32.2 x 46.4 cm (Drawing) 32.5 x 57.6 cm (Overall, tracing)

Period

Geographical area

Location or theme

West Thebes

Miscellaneous

Presentation :

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Aerial view of Thebes (Luxor) West. The drawing is in landscape format and has no frame. A sheet of tracing paper representing the schematized and captioned drawing is taped to the drawing sheet.
In the foreground, from left to right: the great lake with the royal palace of Malgatta and its village, then within an enclosure with the temple of Djemê and the temple of Ramses III at Medinet Habou, the Amenophis, the Ramesseum and completely to the right of the drawing the temple of Seti I. In the distance, beneath the Theban summit, the Valley of the Kings and Queens, the necropolises of Gournet Mourraï, Cheikh Abd el-Gournah, Assassif, Khokha and Dra Abou el-Naga.

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