Reconstruction of Jerusalem and the Temple of Herod (Réconstitution de Jérusalem et du temple d'Hérode)
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
As perhaps the most powerful official of his time in southern Egypt, Montuemhat had one of the largest and most lavishly decorated nonroyal tombs known. Although this relief is probably of the man himself, it is not a portrait. Rather, It is an idealizing, archalzing image reflecting the style of Theban works of Dynasty XVIII and possibly also the Middle Kingdom. The fortuitous blackening of the relief\'s surface is the result of a burning of unknown date.
Caption
James Tissot (Nantes, France, 1836–1902, Chenecey–Buillon, France). Reconstruction of Jerusalem and the Temple of Herod (Réconstitution de Jérusalem et du temple d'Hérode), 1886–1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 8 1/4 x 17 1/16 in. (21 x 43.3 cm) Sheet: 8 1/4 x 17 1/16 in. (21 x 43.3 cm) Frame: 16 7/8 x 22 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (42.9 x 58.1 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.6. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Reconstruction of Jerusalem and the Temple of Herod (Réconstitution de Jérusalem et du temple d'Hérode)
Date
1886–1894
Geography
Place made: Palestine (now Israel)
Medium
Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper
Classification
Dimensions
Image: 8 1/4 x 17 1/16 in. (21 x 43.3 cm) Sheet: 8 1/4 x 17 1/16 in. (21 x 43.3 cm) Frame: 16 7/8 x 22 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (42.9 x 58.1 x 3.8 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower right: "J.J. Tissot"
Credit Line
Purchased by public subscription
Accession Number
00.159.6
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