Voyage dans la Basse et Haute Egypte : 1. Vue de Bénécê. 2. Ruines d'Oxirincus à Bénécê. (Planche 31).<br /><br />

Original print folio, taken from Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt Vivant Denon. Board composed of two views as described by the author: No.1 View Bénécé or Bhéneséh on channel called the Bar-Juseph, Oxyrynchus ancient capital of the thirty-third nome, cited by Catholics as a first considerable town; it gave its name to a particular fish to Egypt, or received his: this fish in a very extraordinary form is one of those that make up the stunning collection of animals Nile has painted with as much truth Feared that the talented citizen, member of the Institute of Cairo. The sad for Bénécé was special as it has the appearance of walking on sand cities and villages: the right side of the print has been inhabited, and disappeared; one where the column is almost buried; that is where the minaret is already abandoned; the left, where there are two birds, is the modern town, which seems to withdraw and flee the desert walking on it. No. 2 is the view of a ruin, which appears to be that of the angle of a large portico composite order, of which there is only one column and part of the architrave: I had not developing ways to measure the height of the column, but a quarter of its diameter was on his departure sand burrow that is four and a half feet; there are seven layers of visible forty inches each. This stone building was a poor job; the tent is heavy, although deprived of its leaves and its scrolls, which must be judged Roman and post-Diocletian, that is to say, the time of the decadence of architecture. Foxing, otherwise good condition. Published for the first time in two volumes, an atlas of engravings, Didot, in 1802, the 'Journey to the Lower and Upper Egypt proved so successful that it was translated in 1803 into English and German, and a few years later in Dutch and Italian, among others. Almost all boards are designed by Denon, who also engraved himself a few, including portraits of the inhabitants of Egypt, who still kept the freshness of sketches taken on the spot (our 104-111 ). Two dozen writers have also collaborated on the creation of which Baltard, Galen, Reville and other etchings. Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon says Vivant Denon, born in Givry January 4, 1747 and died in Paris April 27, 1825, is a writer, author, diplomat and French administrator. At the invitation of Bonaparte, he joined the expedition to Egypt in shipping from May 14, 1798 on the frigate "La Juno." Protected by French troops, he had the opportunity to travel the country in all directions in order to gather the material that was the basis for his artistic work and the most important literary. It supports in particular General Desaix in Upper Egypt, which he refers to numerous sketches, ink wash and other drawings in pen, black chalk, or chalk. He draws constantly, usually on his knee, standing or on horseback, and sometimes even under enemy fire. After a journey of 13 months during which he draws thousands of drawings, Vivant Denon returned to France with Bonaparte, and became the first artist to publish the story of the expedition. The 141 boards that accompany his diary retrace its entire journey from the coast of Corsica to the pharaonic monuments of Upper Egypt. Bonaparte then appointed Director General of the Central Museum of the Republic, which became the Napoleon Museum and the Royal Louvre and arts administrator. In 1805, Vivant Denon revival project of the Vendome column, which had been suspended in 1803 then organizes expeditions across Europe to raise imperial works of art which are plundered to be carried away to the Louvre. In 1814, Louis XVIII confirmed as head of the Louvre, one wing of which still bears his name today. It is considered a great precursor of museology, art history and Egyptology.