Porte de ferme de Marlotte (Doorway with Garden Implements)

c. 1860

Alfred Briquet

Associated Names
Alfred Briquet

Artist, French, 1833 - 1926

The image depicts a wooden door covered by ivy, a set of garden tools including a broom and a watering can, and a small bench with a basket on it. The color palette consists of brown, beige, and dark green. The door is in the central background position with ivy surrounding it. The garden tools are leaning against the ivy on the left, and the bench with a basket is on the right next to stacked flowerpots.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons’ Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 25.1 × 19.7 cm (9 7/8 × 7 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 50.5 × 35.4 cm (19 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.20.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Marc Pagneux, Paris; (Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York), 2015; NGA purchase, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower left below image in black ink: P. Briquet; by unknown hand, lower right in black ink: porte de ferme de Marlotte
on verso, by unknown hand, along bottom edge in graphite: Borte 16 020802 PBA 137 42

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