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Friday 26 October 2012

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 fromDelphi.
Modern reproduction of symbol used for Chiangoods and coinage during pre-Hellenic times
3000-year-old sphinxes were imported from Egypt to embellish public spaces in Saint Petersburg and otherEuropean capitals.
Upper Belvedere Palace inVienna.
Park Sanssouci inPotsdam
Queluz wingless rococo sphinx.
Classic Régence garden Sphinx in lead, Château Empain, Enghien, Belgium.
Park Schönbusch inAschaffenburg, Bavaria, 1789-90.
Ingres, Oedipus and the Sphinx.
Hôtel de Ville, Paris, 1870s.
Symbolist Oedipus and the Sphinx by Gustave Moreau.
A contemporary sphinx byBotero, 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.