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Édouard Baldus — Pavilion Richelieu, Louvre, Paris
Édouard Baldus

Pavilion Richelieu, Louvre, Paris

1856

Ornate Second Empire architecture captured during the Louvre's massive expansion, demonstrating photography's role in documenting Haussmann's transformation of Paris.

Medium
salted paper print, albumenized, from wet collodion negative

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Édouard Baldus, Pavilion Richelieu, Louvre, Paris, 1856

Ornate Second Empire architecture captured during the Louvre's massive expansion, demonstrating photography's role in documenting Haussmann's transformation of Paris.

Medium
salted paper print, albumenized, from wet collodion negative
Year
1856
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Monument, French, Documentary, Photograph, Paris, Neoclassical, Architecture, Sepia Tones, Formal

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art