Cloud Study over the Pantheon, Paris

1856

Charles Marville

Associated Names
Charles Marville

Artist, French, 1813 - 1879

The image depicts a cityscape with a prominent dome structure slightly to the right of the center. The horizon is near the bottom of the image, while the city sprawls out low across the scene. The sky is filled with large clouds illuminated by a soft light, adding texture and contrast to the upper part of the image. The colors are a sepia tone, giving the photograph a warm, brownish tint. The composition is balanced by the silhouette of the dome against the sky, with smoke or cloud wisps adding movement above the buildings.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Serge Kakou, Paris); (Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York), 2016; NGA purchase, 2018.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

on stamp affixed to center below image: Ch Marville Photographe Du Musee Imperial Du Louvre; on verso, by unknown hand, upper right in graphite, circled: 7; by unknown hand, left edge in graphite: 18.; by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: 23762

Wikidata ID

Q64145776

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