Antonio Beato (1825-1905) Karnak Temple, Egypt C.1870

Large vintage albumen print signed in the plate with beautiful chemistry and contrasts. In 1870, Antonio Beato, a photographer of Italian origin, settled and created a studio in Luxor in Upper Egypt. Between 1870 and 1900, he photographed the site and the region of the temples of Karnak in a thorough and regular manner. The temple of Karnak is a complex of ruins of temples, chapels, pylons and other buildings located north of Thebes, today the city of Luxor, in Egypt, on the east bank of the Nile. The Karnak complex, rebuilt and developed for more than 2,000 years by the pharaohs, is the largest religious complex in all of antiquity. - Photo format 25 x 37 cm - Under mat 40x50cm Antonio BEATO is an Italian and British photographer born around 1825 in Veneto and died in 1905 in Luxor. He is renowned for his genre scenes, portraits, photos of architecture and Egyptian landscapes in particular, of the Mediterranean region in general.
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