Sphinx - Gallery

Gallery

  • The Great Sphinx of Giza in 1858

  • Typical Egyptian sphinx with a human head. (Museo Egizio, Turin)

  • Sphinx of Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut with unusual ear and ruff features, 1503-1482 BC

  • Ancient Greek sphinx from Delphi.

  • Modern reproduction of symbol used for Chian goods and coinage during pre-Hellenic times

  • 3000-year-old sphinxes were imported from Egypt to embellish public spaces in Saint Petersburg and other European capitals.

  • Upper Belvedere Palace in Vienna.

  • Park Sanssouci in Potsdam

  • Queluz wingless rococo sphinx.

  • Classic Régence garden Sphinx in lead, Château Empain, Enghien, Belgium.

  • Park Schönbusch in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, 1789-90.

  • Ingres, Oedipus and the Sphinx.

  • Hôtel de Ville, Paris, 1870s.

  • Symbolist Oedipus and the Sphinx by Gustave Moreau.

  • A contemporary sphinx by Botero, in Medellín, Colombia.

  • Sphinx at Plaza de los Emperadores (Parque de El Capricho, Madrid).

  • The Lester B. Pearson Building in Ottawa was designed to resemble the Sphinx.

  • Marble sphinx on a cavetto capital, Attic, ca. 580-575 BC

  • Sphinx guarding the entrance of Parque Eduardo Guinle.

  • Sphinx guarding the entrance of Parque Eduardo Guinle.

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