Workers on Girders of Auditorium, New Paris Opera

c. 1867

Hyacinthe César Delmaet and Louis-Émile Durandelle

Associated Names
Hyacinthe César Delmaet

Artist, French, 1828 - 1862

Louis-Émile Durandelle

Artist, French, 1839 - 1917

This is a photograph of an industrial construction scene. The image shows a structure of scaffolding and iron beams at a construction site. Details like beams, metal rails, and columns are visible, along with wooden scaffolding. The presence of light and shadows creates contrasts and textures on the metal surfaces.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 28.2 × 38.6 cm (11 1/8 × 15 3/16 in.)
    mount: 43.9 × 54.4 cm (17 5/16 × 21 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.189.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection, Netherlands; NGA purchase (through Charles Isaacs Photographs Inc., New York), 2013.

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.

Markings

on mount, blind stamp, lower center below image: PHOTOGRAPHIE / DE / DELMAET & DURANDELLE / 22, Bd. des Filles de Calvaire / PORTRAITS & REPRODUCTIONS

Wikidata ID

Q64155159

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