Église Notre Dame - Côté sud

1852

François-Auguste Renard

Associated Names
François-Auguste Renard

Artist, French, 1806 - 1890

This is a photograph of a grand Gothic cathedral with detailed architecture featuring towering spires. The cathedral is shown from a side angle, emphasizing the use of flying buttresses along its façade. A large rose window is prominently displayed on the side. The two large towers at the front of the cathedral exhibit ornate detailing, and the roof of the building slopes steeply, with an array of lines and textures. In the foreground, along a waterway, there are smaller structures and what appears to be building materials.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    salted paper print

  • Credit Line

    Clinton and Jean Wright Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 16.2 × 21.7 cm (6 3/8 × 8 9/16 in.)
    mount: 33.1 × 42.7 cm (13 1/16 × 16 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.55.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Drouot, Paris, mid 1990s); Charles Nes, New York; NGA purchase, 2020.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper center printed in black ink: Paris. Photographié. Pl. 12; lower center: F. A. Renard fecit 1852; bottom left: Publié par GOUPIL & C.IE, Editeurs, / Paris, London, Berlin, New York.; bottom right: Impr. Photographique de H. de FONTENY, / Rue St. Nicolas d'Antin, 72, Paris


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