Dendera Zodiac, engraved in 1802 by Dominique Vivant Denon
© Bridgeman Art Library / Private Collection
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- Dendera Zodiac, engraved in 1802
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- Dominique Vivant Denon
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- XJF294043
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- Open edition
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- Bridgeman Art Library
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- © Bridgeman Art Library / Private Collection
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Engraving recreates an Egyptian bas-relief from the ceiling of the portico of the chapel of Osiris in the Hathor Temple at Dendera; Greco-Roman period, 50BC; circular form is unique in ancient Egyptian art; planisphere showing the 12 constellations and the planets;
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