Asile Impérial de Vincennes: la Lingerie

1859

Charles Nègre

Associated Names
Charles Nègre

Artist, French, 1820 - 1880

Two women are shown standing in a hallway lined with shelves filled with papers. Both women wear traditional nun habits and appear engaged in their surroundings. The hallway is well-lit with sunlight streaming in from windows, casting shadows.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 17.1 × 17.1 cm (6 3/4 × 6 3/4 in.)
    mount: 21 × 22.2 cm (8 1/4 × 8 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.36.108

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA; NGA purchase, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1986

  • 19th Century Photographs from the Collection of Mary and David Robinson, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1986.

Bibliography

1980

  • Charles Nègre: Photographe: 1820-1880. Exh. cat. Musée Réattu, Arles, 1980: 255-275, illus. pl.133.

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: ch. Negre

Wikidata ID

Q64145778

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