Planche XII – Cathédrale de Chartres, Portique du Midi (Plate XII – Chartres Cathedral, South Entrance)

1855, printed 1982

Charles Nègre

Artist, French, 1820 - 1880

André Jammes

Compiler, French, born 1927

Charles Nègre, André Jammes

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photogravure

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Hans P. Kraus, Jr.

  • Dimensions

    image: 52.5 × 72 cm (20 11/16 × 28 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 64.5 × 82.6 cm (25 3/8 × 32 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2008.138.1.12

Associated Artworks

See all 14 artworks

Treize Héliogravures (Thirteen Heliogravures)

Charles Nègre, André Jammes

1854

Planche II – Deux Arlesiennes Dans le Cloître de Saint-Trophime d'Arles (Plate II – Two Arlesiennes in the Cloister of Saint-Trophime of Arles)

Charles Nègre, André Jammes

1852

Planche I – Le Maçon Accroupi (Plate I – The Crouching Mason)

Charles Nègre, André Jammes

1853


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Hans P. Kraus, Jr., New York; gift to NGA, 2008.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right below image, printed from inscription on gravure plate in black ink: PROCÉDÉ CH NÉGRE; top left corner above image: PORTIQUE DU MIDI XII.e SIÈCLE; bottom left corner below image: GRAVURE HÉLIOGRAPHIQUE sur acier; center below image: Chatain imp. r. de l'Hôtel Colbert 12 à Paris / CATHÉDRAL DE CHARTRES; by unknown hand, below left corner of image in graphite: 45/100

Markings

printer stamp embossed in paper below image: ST-PREX

Wikidata ID

Q64145799


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