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Beschreibung : fl.1840-1853 the ruins of the temple of luxor on the plains of thebes signed l.l.: W.E. Dighton/1853 oil on canvas, unlined 123 by 184cm., 48I by 72Iin. The temple of Luxor, situated 450 miles above Cairo on the Nile, is one of the greatest of the monuments at Thebes and on a vast scale measuring almost 300 yards. The present building (possibly on the site of an earlier construction) was dedicated to the Theban triad of Ammkon, Mut, and Khos, and was principally built by Amenhophis III. The great colonnade, a striking element of the present painting, was apparently finished somewhat hastily, without aisles. The work was largly completed by Tutenkhamun, and Haremhib, with Rameses II making further additions to the grand scheme, adding an extensive court. He embellished the walls and pylons of his court with scenes from his victories over the Hittites and Syrians, as well as placing a number of colossal statues within it. In front of the pylon, facing the Nile, seen here at almost its true height, Rameses positioned colossi, and a pair of obelisks. In the nineteenth century the one visible here had been promised to the British, but never taken; the other had been taken to Paris in 1831, where it was placed in the Place de la Concorde, much lamented by David Roberts. Alexander the Great was the only other significant contributor, when he built the sanctuary itself, which was where the divine statue was concealed whilst at Luxor. From Karnak the sacred barks were conveyed in procession by water to Luxor for the festival of the 'Southern Opi', the ancient name of Luxor. Later Christians built churches, and Moslems built a tomb-mosque to a seventh century prophet, Abbu 'l Haggag. The line of columns that were to have formed a hypostyle as at Karnak, were excavated and cleared by the Service des Antiquites in 1885. The view is taken from the north east, with the Nile lying to the left, and Dighton shows the temple at a stage when at least half the ruins were covered with detritus. He had made his tour of Egypt between 1850 and 1853, and on his return exhibited this painting at the Royal Academy. Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1853, no. 348 - with the following description: 'The Moon is up, and yet is not night - Sunset divides the sky with her'. 'Up the river from Karnak, where the stream, parted by the fertile island of Gedideh, again unites, a second glorious memorial of the ancient city arises - the temple of Luxor.' 'One of the mightiest Pharaohs of the 18th dynasty, B.C. 1500, Amenophis III, who had only built a side temple at Karnak, adding little to the principal structure, here erected a sanctuary, made the more magnificent on account of the little he had done at Karnak, dedicated to Ammon, which the great Rameses II enlarged by a second stately court towards Karnak, - for although a good half-hour distant, this temple must yet be looked upon as within the ancient and sacred bounds of the great national santuary' (Lepsius' 30th Letter from Egypt).
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