Napoleon Egypt

Battle of Samannoud, Denon, Napoleon Egypt Campaign Engraving, 1802 This wide panoramic engraving depicting the Battle of Samannoud was published in 1802 as part of Denon’s Voyage d...

Produced in the immediate aftermath of Napoleon Bonaparte’s Egyptian campaign, the work represents one of the earliest visual records of Egypt created from direct, first-hand observa...

Napoleon Egypt Expedition, Pair of Egyptian Antiquities Engravings, Denon, c.1802 This refined pair of copper-engraved plates originates from the monumental publication Voyage dans ...

Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign Battle Scenes, Denon Voyage Egypt Engravings 1802 This dramatic pair of copper engravings originates from Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Égypt, publis...

French Dromedary Regiment 1798, Napoleon Egypt Campaign Military Print This striking hand-colored 19th-century engraving depicts a soldier of the French Dromedary Regiment during th...

Egyptian Antiquities – Objects, Reliefs and Sculptural Fragments, Set of Two Engravings, c.1802 This curated set of two finely engraved plates presents a systematic visual survey of...

The pot's red body is accentuated by black basalt details in the Egyptian Revival style. Developed by Josiah Wedgwood in the 1760s, rosso antico famously exhibits the Egyptian Rev...

These torchères embody the fascination with Egyptian style furnishings that swept through Europe and America following Napoleon's Egyptian campaigns and the widespread archaeological...

Fun Historical Fact: The Egyptian Revival style first gained popularity in Europe during the early 19th century after Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign, and it saw renewed interest in the...

- Decorative and symbolic harmonizing with both period and contemporary interiors - Made at a time of renewed interest ancient Egypt as a result of Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign (1...

Inspired by Greco-Roman influence, each candelabrum features a female figure in patinated bronze at the center, draped in elaborately designed garments and triumphantly holding aloft...

The gold mount includes a smooth bail at the top, allowing it to be suspended from a fine chain or incorporated into a charm bracelet. Egyptian Revival jewelry gained popularity in ...

Centuries later, Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign (1798–1801) ignited an inextinguishable fascination with ancient Egypt.

Inspired by Greco-Roman influence, each candelabrum features a female figure in patinated bronze at the center, draped in elaborately designed garments and triumphantly holding aloft...

a handsome and sturdy French Empire-style throne-like fauteuil (armchair) with silver and gold gilt decoration inspired by Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign 1798-1801, square back with ca...

This gesture was meant to solidify Franco-Egyptian relations at a time when France, following Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign, was deeply fascinated with Egyptian antiquity and eager to...

This provenance adds historical significance, as the Duke of Richmond was known in the 18th century for his antiquities collection, which was one of the earliest attempts in Britain ...

Collectors of antique maps, especially those focusing on North Africa or early 18th-century cartography, will appreciate its rarity and the fact that it dates from before Napoleon’s ...

The gilt bronze surfaces display exceptional depth and detail, reflecting the influence of the Egyptian Revival movement that swept through France following Napoleon’s Egyptian campa...

The plate originates from a major early Egyptological publication produced in the wake of Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign, a period that sparked intense European fascination with the an...

This statement piece beautifully replicates the rigorous, exotic neo-classical designs popularized during the early 19th century by tastemakers such as Thomas Hope and Baron Vivant D...

Panoramic Views of the Nile after Napoleon’s Egypt Expedition, Antique Engraving, c.1802 This finely engraved panoramic plate presents three continuous views along the Nile River, p...

Percier’s approach transformed archaeological sources into a disciplined system of form, proportion, and ornament. Egyptian imagery held particular significance during the Empire per...

The Regiment des Dromedaires was created upon the onset of Napoleon’s arrival in Egypt in January, 1798. These soldiers were hand-selected infantrymen who actually fought dismounted,...

The circular top, likely veneered in a richly figured wood such as mahogany or rosewood, is supported by a tripodal base deeply influenced by neoclassical and ancient motifs that sur...

A pair Napoleon III Egyptian imperial porphyry urns and covers, each with a shaped cover and baluster body on a concave support and square base, applied with high quality ormolu moun...

Mentelle and Chanlaire’s collaboration reflects Enlightenment-era geographical scholarship and French strategic interests during Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign. The map includes severa...

Napoleon included a number of artists in his army who were instructed to record Egyptian society.

A large and impressive French 19th century Napoleon III Egyptian revival mahogany and bronze-mounted throne armchair with bronze figures of winged sphinxes, circa 1870-1880.

This is an 1820 copperplate engraving by Denon, expertly crafted by Hawkesworth, depicting the ruins of the Temple of Hermopolis in Egypt. Ruins of the Temple of Hermopolis, Upper ...

Lithograph realized after Lafitte in the early 19th Century. Very good condition.

Created in the immediate aftermath of Napoleon Bonaparte’s Egyptian campaign, Denon’s publication stands among the earliest first-hand visual records of Egypt and proved hugely influ...

The stepped rectangular base has a fine and unusual scene in high relief of Napoleon and soldiers among the Egyptian Pyramids, flanked on either side by Imperial Eagles.

Return of Napoleon From Egypt is an original lithograph on paper realized in about 1846 after Laffite.

Cast in rectangular form and executed entirely in ormolu bronze, the piece rests on four striking corner feet modeled as recumbent female sphinxes—evocative of the Egyptian Revival s...

While the overall decorative scheme is classically inspired, the reclining sphinx finials on the covers reflect the period’s fascination with Egyptian Revival, a taste that emerged f...

These plates are representative of the European fascination with Egypt in the late 18th century—a period that predated Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign but was already laying the intelle...

By the end of the 18th century enthusiasm for ancient Egypt generated by Napoleon's unsuccessful conquest of Egypt and, in Britain, to Admiral Nelson's defeat of Napoleon at the Batt...

Created directly after Napoleon Bonaparte’s Egyptian campaign, Denon’s work represents the earliest coherent European visual and analytical record of ancient Egyptian monuments, land...

Egyptian Processions & Daily Life Reliefs, Denon Napoleonic Egypt Engraving 1802 Description: This finely engraved composite plate confirms the visual and documentary ambitions of D...

Produced directly after Napoleon Bonaparte’s Egyptian campaign, Denon’s publication represents the first major visual and scholarly achievement to emerge from the expedition and laid...

Produced in the immediate aftermath of Napoleon Bonaparte’s Egyptian campaign, the work represents one of the earliest and most influential visual records of ancient Egyptian archite...

A Pair of French Empire Period Egyptian Revival Style Locre Porcelain Vases. Each vase reflects the influence of the Egyptian Revival style that gained prominence after Napoleon's c...

The fashion was kick-started by Emperor Napoleon I’s campaign in Egypt in 1798-1799. This led to the publication of ‘Le Description de l’Égypte’ (The Description of Egypt) in 1809 (a...

Born in England during the Roaring 1920s, this Thebes stool is a perfect example of the enthusiasm for everything Egyptian that started in the early 19th century with Napoléon I's co...

Another source of inspiration, like the French Empire style, is Egyptian art - due to Napoleon's Egyptian campaign - especially in the use of sphinxes.

His depictions of Arabian horses and exotic horsemen strongly influenced European taste during the Napoleonic and Restoration periods. Following Napoleon’s Egyptian campaigns and Eur...

This antique mantel clock was made in the late 19th century and features a solid combination of black Portoro marble with natural beige, gold, and white veins, paired with green serp...

A most impressive pair of French Napoleon III Second Empire Period Egyptian Revival style gessoed, gilded and polychrome painted wood and gilt metal foliate scroll arm nine light ca...

Such statements laid the foundation for the later widespread use of Egyptian motifs. With Napoleon's Egyptian campaign in 1798 and the resulting Musée Napoléon, which was filled wit...

Wonderful illustrations from Egyptian tombs obtained after the late 18th Century French expedition to Egypt under Napoleon Bonaparte.

The candy dish is characteristic of the Egyptian style that developed after the return of the Egyptian campaigns of Napoleon the first.

Wonderful illustrations from Egyptian tombs obtained after the late 18th century French expedition to Egypt under Napoleon Bonaparte.

Following Napoleon’s conquests in Egypt, the fashion for Egyptian inspired decoration flourished to reach every aspect of the decorative arts.

A similar pair of chairs were in the collection of Baron Dominique Vivant Denon (1747-1825), a museum director in Paris and a great Egyptologist. He was in Egypt during Napoleon's ca...

Wonderful illustrations from Egyptian tombs obtained during the late 18th Century French expedition to Egypt under Napoleon Bonaparte.

The composition isolates the colossal head, emphasizing its monumental scale and weathered features, and reflects the Enlightenment-era fascination with the ancient monuments of Egyp...