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Petit Bâtiment dans lequel se trouve le cloitre ancien charnier St Séverin
Creator
Eugène AtgetFrench Photographer · 1857–1927
All works by this person →Eugène Atget never called himself a photographer; instead he preferred "author-producer." A private, almost reclusive man, Atget first tried his hand at painting and acting, then began to photograph *vieux Paris* (Old Paris) in 1898. He photographed in part to create "documents," as he called his photographs, of architecture and urban views, but he supported himself by selling these photographs to
More on Getty ULAN- Date
- 1903–1904
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 69dbb1ca-0e85-4ab7-ba3c-a0518737ccee
From the Getty Museum record
View of a cluster of buildings in a courtyard. On the left is a single-story building supported by wooden beams affixed to the side. Next to the building is a statue on a plinth of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus. Crates with plants are visible on either side of the statue. On the right is a stone building with Gothic arches. Tall trees stand in the courtyard, which is wet with rain. Apartment buildings are visible in the distance.
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