Art, literature & historyIsis Instructing the Egyptians
1809
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching, with plate tone, in black on tan wove paper
- Dimensions
- Plate: 18.9 × 26.1 cm (7 1/2 × 10 5/16 in.); Sheet: 20.3 × 27.4 cm (8 × 10 13/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1996.327
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Isis Instructing the Egyptians — Carl Russ. 1809.
Medium: Etching, with plate tone, in black on tan wove paper. Dimensions: Plate: 18.9 × 26.1 cm (7 1/2 × 10 5/16 in.); Sheet: 20.3 × 27.4 cm (8 × 10 13/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.