The Sphinx, painting by George E. Raum (1896)

A large oil painting shows the Great Sphinx of Giza, its weathered head rising above sand with two pyramids pale in the hazy sky behind. In the foreground, small robed figures, a seated camel and riders move across the desert, with more people standing at the right.

Artist

George E. Raum

Date

1896

Medium

oil on canvas

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

2793 × 1950 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum