Rostral Column, 1868, printed 1878-1881

Not on View

Medium

albumen print

Dimensions

image: 21.27 x 27.94 cm (8 3/8 x 11 in.)
mount: 43.66 x 61.44 cm (17 3/16 x 24 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

2006.133.69

Artists / Makers

Louis-Émile Durandelle (artist) French, 1839 - 1917

Image Use

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Inscription

on negative, upper left: N. 21; on negative, lower left: 51; stamped, upper center on mount in black ink: 21; printed, lower center on mount in black ink: LE NOUVEL OPERA DE PARIS / SCULPTURE ORNEMENTALE / DUCHER et C.ie, Editeurs. / Durandelle, Photographe.; by unknown hand, bottom center on mount in graphite: ED. 143-21.x (I)

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon; purchase and gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Solomon, Dan and Mary

Bibliography

1988: Keller, Ulrich. "Durandelle, The Paris Opera, and the Aesthetic of Creativity." Gazette des Beaux-Arts (February 1988).

1998: Frizot, Michel. A New History of Photography. Koeln: Koenemann, 1998.