Inv. n°: MMoCA186MA
Bronze of Harpokrates, Found at El Ashmunein (vol. A. V, Plate 66.1-3)
From the second edition of the Description de l'Égypte ('Description of Egypt'), a group of engravings commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte during his expedition to Egypt (1798-1801) as part of the French Revolutionary Wars. These engravings are from the part dedicated to the city of El Ashmunein (Hermopolis).
Provenance
Exhibitions
- Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011
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