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Ivory plaque depicting a winged sphinx, Phoenician, found at Fort Shalmaneser, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), northern Iraq, 9th-8th century BC. Fort Shalmaneser consisted of a palace, storerooms and arsenal for the Assyrian army. This openwork ivory plaque may originally have been part of a piece of furniture which came to Nimrud, the Assyrian capital, as part of tribute or booty. When Nimrud was plundered at the end of the seventh century BC objects such as furniture were broken up for their inlaid precious stones and metals. The sphinx shows clear Egyptian influence since he wears the Upper and Lower crown of Egypt and hanging from his chest is an apron with a projecting uraeus (rearing cobra) worn by Egyptian pharaohs. The style shows that the ivory was probably carved by a Phoenician craftsman on the coast of the Levant. It is similar to the falcon-headed sphinxes, which wear the double crown and uraeus, on a bronze bowl also from Nimrud. ANE, 134322
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Ivory plaque depicting a winged sphinx, Phoenician, found at Fort Shalmaneser, N...

Console du Grand Salon de l'Imperatrice Josephine aux Tuileries, 1809. Bois dore, mosaic de pierre dure, 95 x 170 x 86 cm OA 9593
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Console du Grand Salon de l'Imperatrice Josephine aux Tuileries, 1809. Bois do...

La Salle Egyptienne au Louvre avec le Grand Sphynx.
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La Salle Egyptienne au Louvre avec le Grand Sphynx.

Joseph of Egypt and Potiphar, Egyptian official. Detail of 40-06-02/34 Oil
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Joseph of Egypt and Potiphar, Egyptian official. Detail of 40-06-02/34...

Joseph of Egypt before the Pharaoh.
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Joseph of Egypt before the Pharaoh.

Chimera Oil on canvas (1910) 53 x 30 cm Private Collection
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Chimera Oil on canvas (1910)...

Cofanetto Farnese. Gilded box of Cardinal A. Farnese. Detail (of a support): Winged sphinx (ca. 1547-1561). Plaques by Giovanni dei Bernardi (ca. 1543-1544).
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Cofanetto Farnese. Gilded box of Cardinal A. Farnese. Detail (of a support): Win...

Oedipus solving the riddles of the sphinx. Canvas (1808)
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Oedipus solving the riddles of the sphinx. Canvas (1808)

Cambyses and Psammetich. Persian King Cambyses II conquered Egypt in 525 BCE and overthrew Pharaoh Psammetich III of the 26th dynasty. Canvas, 114 x 211 cm Inv.5255
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Cambyses and Psammetich. Persian King Cambyses II conquered Egypt in 525 B...

Moise sauve des eaux - Moses saved from the rushes. 1728 Canvas, 74 x 92 cm R.F. 3790
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Moise sauve des eaux - Moses saved from the rushes. 1728...

The music lesson. Canvas
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The music lesson. Canvas

The victorious Sphinx; 1888
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The victorious Sphinx; 1888