Statue of the Virgin, Notre Dame de Paris

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Statue of the Virgin, Notre Dame de Paris

Auguste MestralLinkedCulture matchlcp-963d7088c63c

Date
1853
Medium
salted paper print from paper negative
Culture
France, 19th century
Department
Photography
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
165109

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Around 1853, Auguste Mestral was commissioned by sculptor and metalsmith Adolphe-Victor Geoffroy-Dechaume to photograph sculptures he was carving for the Cathedral of Notre Dame. They were intended to replace ones that had been damaged by weather or during the Revolution. It is believed that this photograph was at one point owned by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, the architect heading the church’s restoration. This sculpture now stands in front of the rose window on the west (main) facade of the church.

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Credit line
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
Provenance
Collection of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, the 19th century French architect who was in charge of the restoration of Notre Dame.

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