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Émile Prisse d'Avennes - Mobilier de soultan Mohammed ben Qalaoûn; coffret et plat damasquinés (XIVe. siècle)

Mobilier de soultan Mohammed ben Qalaoûn; coffret et plat damasquinés (XIVe. siècle) (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)
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The Artist died in 1879 so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries where the copyright term is the Artist's life plus 70 years or fewer.
Émile Prisse d'Avennes
About the Artist

Achille-Constant-Théodore-Émile Prisse d'Avennes was a French archaeologist, Egyptologist, architect and writer.

Prisse d'Avennes was born in Avesnes-sur-Helpe, France, on 27 January 1807, to a noble family of French origin. After the early death of his father in 1814, on the guidance of his grandfather he enrolled at college a year later to train for a career within the legal profession. Prisse d'Avennes decided to become an archaeologist in 1836 after a period teaching at the infantry school in Damietta.

In 1827 when he reached Egypt, he was hired by the viceroy of Egypt, Muhammad Ali Pasha, as a civil engineer. He spent many years living as an Egyptian, adopting the name Idriss-effendi, learning to speak Arabic and practicing Islam. He stated that adopting Egyptian culture resulted in a greater understanding of Egyptian society and people.

In 1848, he contributed 30 lithograph images depicting the people living on the Nile Valley to a costume book titled Oriental Album written by James Augustus St. John who was a British author and traveler.

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Arabesques; ornementation d’un Qorân mauresque (XVIIIe. siècle); 4 & 14 (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)

Arabesques; mosquée d’El-Bordeyny; arabesques des petits plafonds (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)

Arabesques; mosquée d’El Nesfy-Qeyçoun; détails des boiseries du mihrab (XIVe. siècle); 2 (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)

Arabesques; hôpital du Moristan; détails de poutres et de frises (XIIIe. siècle) (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)

Arabesques; tombeau de soultan el-Goury; vantaux et bordures d’armoires, en bois sculpté; coloris arbitraire (XVIe. siècle) (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)

Arabesques; tombeau de Saleh Saleh el-Dyn; ventail d’une armoire, ventail d’un volet (XIVe. siècle) (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)

Arabesques; vase en bronze damasquiné, orné de martichores (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)

Arabesques; mosquée de Qeyçoun, décoration des fenêtres à l’intérieur (XIVe. siècle) (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)

Arabesques; grand tapis velouté (XVIIIe. siècle) (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)

Mosquée cathédrale de Qous; porte du mimbar – arrangement fictif (XIIe. siècle); 4 (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)

More Illustrations in Book: L'art arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire (View all 152)

Arabesques; ornementation d’un Qorân mauresque (XVIIIe. siècle); 4 & 14 (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)

Arabesques; mosquée d’El-Bordeyny; arabesques des petits plafonds (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)

Arabesques; mosquée d’El Nesfy-Qeyçoun; détails des boiseries du mihrab (XIVe. siècle); 2 (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)

Arabesques; hôpital du Moristan; détails de poutres et de frises (XIIIe. siècle) (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)

Arabesques; tombeau de soultan el-Goury; vantaux et bordures d’armoires, en bois sculpté; coloris arbitraire (XVIe. siècle) (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)

Arabesques; tombeau de Saleh Saleh el-Dyn; ventail d’une armoire, ventail d’un volet (XIVe. siècle) (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)

Arabesques; vase en bronze damasquiné, orné de martichores (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)

Arabesques; mosquée de Qeyçoun, décoration des fenêtres à l’intérieur (XIVe. siècle) (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)

Arabesques; grand tapis velouté (XVIIIe. siècle) (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)

Mosquée cathédrale de Qous; porte du mimbar – arrangement fictif (XIIe. siècle); 4 (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)

Arabesques; faïences murales d’un hanout (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)

Maison Sidi Youçouf Adami; salon supérieur (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)

Farm near Duivendrecht (c. 1916)

Piet Mondrian (Dutch, 1872 - 1944)
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