P2002.11: Chartres Cathedral (column figures, left of central door of the Royal Portal)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

P2002.11

People

Charles Nègre, French (Grasse, Provence, France 1820 - 1880 Grasse, Provence, France)

Title

Chartres Cathedral (column figures, left of central door of the Royal Portal)

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

c. 1855

Places

Creation Place: Europe, France, Chartres

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/164953

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Photogravure on off-white wove paper

Technique

Photogravure and drypoint

Dimensions

image: 72 x 47.8 cm (28 3/8 x 18 13/16 in.)
sheet: 87 x 62 cm (34 1/4 x 24 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: recto, below image, b.l., printed: GRAVURE HELIOGRAPHIQUE sur Acier
  
  
  Publié par CHARLES NEGRE Paris, 21, quai Bourbon
• inscription: recto, below image, b.r., printed: PROCEDE CHARLES NEGRE
• inscription: recto, along left edge of sheet, graphite: (sideways) 82 38/48
• inscription: recto, b.r., graphite: 01065

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs

Accession Year

2002

Object Number

P2002.11

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 08 Rotation 3), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/20/2008 - 02/08/2009
• HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 09 Rotation 3), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/13/2009 - 01/17/2010

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