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Interior of the Cloister of St. Trophime, Arles
Creator
Charles NègreFrench Photographer · 1820–1880
All works by this person →Charles Nègre began to photograph in 1844 in order to collect visual images to use in preparation for his paintings. Unlike many painters who turned to the new medium, Nègre never ceased to paint. He is best known for his landscape and architectural photographs of Paris, Chartres, and the Midi, a region in southern France. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Nègre printed all of his own photographs
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- 1853
- Medium
- Waxed paper negative
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 063f1378-2f8f-4f3f-9c69-244a7e483317
View looking down the cloisters of St. Trophime in Arles. A row of paired corinthian columns runs diagonally along the passageway of the cloisters, from lower left to upper right. A pier adorned with figural bas-relief interrupts the row of columns at image center. The passageway is topped with a vaulted ceiling.
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