Norden: Profil de la tete colossale du Sphinx

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Norden : Profil de la tete colossale du Sphinx

Copper Engraving, Image Size : 210x392 (mm), 8.27x15.43 (Inches), Platemark Size : , Paper Size : 240x400 (mm), 9.45x15.75 (Inches), Black & White, Very Good

This engraving by Marcus Tuscher is the earliest known depiction of the Great Sphinx without a nose. This image disproves the theory that Napoleon's troops in Egypt shot off the nose while using the monument for target practice when they traveled there in 1798. Norden was one of the first to illustrate travel journals to Egypt with accurate drawings of the ancient monuments.


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