Sarcophagus Gallery

Napoleon I at the tomb of Frederick the Great, 27 October 1806, (1936). Creator: Unknown

Napoleon I at the tomb of Frederick the Great, 27 October 1806, (1936). Napoleon I Am Sarge Friedrichs Des Grossen, 27 Oktober 1806'.
The French emperor Napoleon (1769-1821) visits the tomb of King Frederick the Great of Prussia (1712-1786) in the crypt of the Garrison Church in Potsdam, (Germany). From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]

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Plate 6: The Sarcophagus: two men conversing to left, another man seated and sleepi

Plate 6: The Sarcophagus: two men conversing to left, another man seated and sleeping to right, an ancient sarcophagus to left decorated with reliefs, a pyramid to right in the background half-hidden by cyprus trees, from Les soirees de Rome, ca. 1763-64

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Detail of the lid of the inner scarcophagus, originally from an unidentified XIXth

Detail of the lid of the inner scarcophagus, originally from an unidentified XIXth Dynasty burial but reused in the burial of XXIst Dynasty Pharaoh Psusennes I in the royal necropolis at Tanis. Within this scarcophagus the king's body lay under a sheet of gold inside a solid silver coffin. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Ancient Egyptian. Date/Period: New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty. Place of Origin: Tanis. Material Size: Black Granite. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ Egyptian Museum, Cairo . Location: 47

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