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A PAINTED CANVAS DEPICTING THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GARDEN OF THE HIGH OFFICIAL OF AMENHOTEP II, SENNEFER

AFTER THE 19TH CENTURY COPY BY IPPOLITO ROSELLINI (1800-1843), LATE 20TH CENTURY

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A PAINTED CANVAS DEPICTING THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GARDEN OF THE HIGH OFFICIAL OF AMENHOTEP II, SENNEFER
AFTER THE 19TH CENTURY COPY BY IPPOLITO ROSELLINI (1800-1843), LATE 20TH CENTURY
Depicting a formal walled garden with ponds and vines, mounted in a giltwood frame
73 ¼ x 73 ¼ in. (185.5 x 185.5 cm.)

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Lot Essay

This is a copy of a fresco of Sennefer's garden, an official during the reign of Amenhotep II (1439-1413 BC), discovered by early Egyptologists, in the 'Tomb of the Vines' near Luxor, who tried to clean the smoke stained gypsum plaster, but as a result washed away the colour. Prior to its 'cleaning', the fresco is known to have been copied by Ippolito Rosellini (1800-1843), professor of Oriental Languages at Pisa University, who together with J. F. Champollion of France, collaborated on an archaeological expedition to Egypt and Nubia between 1828-1829.

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