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Unknown Artist — Plaster Cast of Sculpture from the Royal Portal of Chartres

Unknown Artist

Plaster Cast of Sculpture from the Royal Portal of Chartres

1854

Archaeological documentation emerged as an important photographic genre, with this image preserving medieval sculptural details for scholarly study and broader cultural appreciation.

Medium
salted paper print from wet collodion negative

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Unknown Artist, Plaster Cast of Sculpture from the Royal Portal of Chartres, 1854

Archaeological documentation emerged as an important photographic genre, with this image preserving medieval sculptural details for scholarly study and broader cultural appreciation.

Medium
salted paper print from wet collodion negative
Year
1854
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, French, Albumen Print, Relief, Photograph, Sculpture, Medieval, Chartres, Architecture

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago