Cambyses Victorious over Psammenitus - Riffaut Engraving - 1841
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Original engraving published by the Paris review L'Artiste after the painting by Adrien Guignet shown at the Salon of 1841: Cambyses II of Persia humiliates the pharaoh Psammetichus III after the defeat at Pelusium, among pyramids and a seated Egyptian colossus. The episode, taken from Herodotus, marked the turning of Egypt into a Persian province.
Original engraving published by the Paris review L'Artiste after the painting by Adrien Guignet shown at the Salon of 1841: Cambyses II of Persia humiliates the pharaoh Psammetichus III after the defeat at Pelusium, among pyramids and a seated Egyptian colossus. The episode, taken from Herodotus, marked the turning of Egypt into a Persian province.
Medium: Engraving on paper, with a tonal ground
Artist / after: Jean-Adrien Guignet (Annecy, 1816 - Paris, 1854)
Engraver: Adolphe Pierre Riffaut
Date: Work shown at the Salon of 1841
Source: L'Artiste review, Paris
Dimensions: 11.4 x 9.1 in (29 x 23 cm)
Condition: Good. Light toning and some damp staining in the upper margin. Embossed blind stamp of the review in the lower left margin
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Original engraving published by the Paris review L'Artiste after the painting by Adrien Guignet shown at the Salon of 1841: Cambyses II of Persia humiliates the pharaoh Psammetichus III after the defeat at Pelusium, among pyramids and a seated Egyptian colossus. The episode, taken from Herodotus, marked the turning of Egypt into a Persian province.