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LOT 79 Frank DillonView of the Island of Philae in the Nile Valley

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Frank Dillon View of the Island of Philae in the Nile Valley Oil on canvas (relined). 64 x 102 cm. Signed lower left: F. Dillon. The island of Philae, south of Assuan in northern Egypt, is flooded today, but a temple complex was located there until 1977. The complex encompassed a main temple dedicated to the goddess Isis as well as several smaller subsidiary buildings. During the construction of the Assuan dam, the entire temple complex was deconstructed and rebuilt on the slightly higher neighboring island of Agilkia, a project which was completed by 1980. This veduta depicts the original location on the island of Philae. Trajan's Kiosk, one of the smaller buildings in the complex, is shown in the right half of the image in the shimmering reddish light of the evening sun. First erected by Emperor Augustus, the Kiosk was reconstructed under Trajan, and received its name from him. The Kiosk consists of a row of 14 columns with bell shaped papyrus capitals supporting an architrave. The English painter Frank Dillon travelled to Egypt for the first time in 1854, and further sojourns were to follow. From this point onwards, Egyptian motifs formed the bulk of his oeuvre, which consisted of paintings and numerous prints. The dam project that was to flood the temple at Philae was already in planning during Dillon's lifetime, and the artist protested vehemently against it. The relocated ruins of the temple complex have been listed by UNESCO as world cultural heritage since 1979. Frank Dillon Blick auf die Insel Philae im Niltal Öl auf Leinwand (doubliert). 64 x 102 cm. Signiert unten links: F. Dillon. Auf der heute überfluteten Insel Philae, südlich des oberägyptischen Assuan, befand sich bis 1977 ein Tempelkomplex, der einen der Göttin Isis geweihten Haupttempel sowie mehrere kleinere Bauwerke umfasste. Infolge der Anlage des Assuan-Staudamms wurde die gesamte Tempelanlage bis 1980 ab- und auf der höher gelegenen Nachbarinsel Agilkia originalgetreu wieder aufgebaut. Unsere Vedute zeigt noch die ursprüngliche Lage auf der Insel Philae. Im rötlichen Schimmer der Abendsonne erhebt sich in der rechten Bildhälfte der Trajan-Kiosk, eines der kleineren Bauwerke im Umkreis des Haupttempels. Erstmals von Kaiser Augustus errichtet, wurde der Kiosk später von Kaiser Trajan neu erbaut, und erhielt von ihm seinen Namen. Er besteht aus 14 Säulen mit glockenförmigen Papyruskapitellen, die einen umlaufenden Architrav tragen. Der englische Maler Frank Dillon reiste 1854 erstmals nach Ägypten. Weitere Reisen sollten folgen und ägyptische Motive bildeten fortan den bedeutendsten Bestandteil seines malerischen und vor allem grafischen Oeuvres. Bereits zu Lebzeiten des Künstlers gab es den Plan zum Bau eines Staudamms, der die Tempelanlagen von Philae überflutet hätte, wogegen Dillon vehement protestierte. Seit 1979 stehen die translozierten Bauten von Philae nun auf der Liste der UNESCO-Weltkulturerbestätten.

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