Curatorial Narrative This painting by mile Prisse d’Avennes, “Sculpture; combat de Ramss-Meamoun contre les Khtas sur les bords de lOronte,” executed in 1878, occupies a unique position within the broader context of Western art’s fascination with ancient Egyptian culture during the late 19th century. D’Avennes’ technique is characterized by its fidelity to the original sources he drew from, resulting in a work that simultaneously embodies and interprets the visual language of Egypt’s New Kingdom period. The linear brushwork and vibrant palette, replete with blues, reds, yellows, and golds, coalesce to evoke an atmospheric sense of monumentality and ritualistic grandeur.As this painting is enlarged to its intended scale of 53×44 inches, its chromatic structure assumes a heightened sense of spatial rhythm. The architecturally-derived composition, which balances formal axiality with a dynamic asymmetry, exerts a considerable influence