In 1582 Johannes Helfrich published this image of the Great Sphinx, referring to it as the goddess Isis.

The text on the facing page states: "In ancient times it was called “Imago Isidis”, that is, an image of the goddess Isis. It is said that this image received that name because there once was a daughter of the king Nectanebo in Greece, whom the king of Egypt Osiris took as his consort and named after himself. After her death she was regarded as a goddess, and in her honour this image was erected. The inhabitants worshipped it and held it for a goddess."

Source: Kurtzer und warhafftiger Bericht von der Reiss aus Venedig nach Hierusalem  - Johannes Helfrich (1582)