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Pavilion Richelieu, Louvre, Paris
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In 1854, Édouard Baldus and two other artists were commissioned to record construction of the New Louvre, one of the grandest of Napoleon III’s building projects. New wings joined the Louvre Palace, started in the late 1100s, to the Tuileries Palace, begun in 1564. The Pavilion Richelieu, completed shortly before this photograph was taken, originally housed governmental offices and only became part of the Louvre Museum in 1993. Berthe Morisot and her sister, Edma, were in the museum copying a painting by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens when they first met Édouard Manet, sometime between 1865 and 1868.
| Artist / Maker | Édouard Baldus |
|---|---|
| Date | 1856–57 |
| Culture / Origin | France, 19th century |
| Medium | salted paper print, albumenized, from wet collodion negative |
| Dimensions | Image: 44.5 x 34.3 cm (17 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.); Matted: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.) |
| Department | Photography |
| Type | Photograph |
About the Artist
Édouard Baldus French, b. Prussia, 1813 - 1889 The large and regal prints made by Édouard-Denis Baldus are widely agreed to be among the finest photographic images ever produced. After serving as an artillery officer in the Prussian army, Baldus left his native country for France during the 1830s to become a painter. He exhibited his paintings of religious subjects, portraits, and genre scenes in the Paris Salons from 1841 - 51 and was naturalized as a French citizen in… Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.
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