Egyptian Art Medieval

Egyptian Art MedievalA lifelong devotee of ancient Egyptian and Oriental culture, the French author, artist, and scholar Achille Constant Thodore mile Prisse dAvennes (18071879) is famed as one of the most influential Egyptologists, long before the discipline was even properly established. Prisse first embarked on his explorations in 1836, documenting sites throughout the Nile Valley, often under his Egyptian pseudonym, Edris Effendi. Prisses first publication of notes,

Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) never left his homeland of the Netherlands but in his massive body of painting

The Morgan Library & Museum will display twelve of these bindings in an exhibition (16 October 2020−16 May 2021) accompanied by this catalogue

Jonathan Tyers

Engelhard Curator and Department Head of Drawings and Prints at the Morgan

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Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document

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The anniversary offers an occasion to present a number of little-seen masterpieces

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Berry Apocalypse: the facsimile attempts to replicate the look-and-feel and physical features of the original document