Bassin d’Encelade, Versailles

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Bassin d’Encelade, Versailles

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Eugène Atget

French Photographer · 1857–1927

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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

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Date
1901–1926
Medium
Albumen silver print
Culture
French
Department
Photographs
Institution
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Object ID
cb717d35-780e-4d1e-ac65-439019f7b7a7

View of the Enceladus Fountain in a pond at the Château de Versailles. The fountain features the figure of Enceladus, mouth open, writhing in pain and buried under rocks. He is depicted raising a fist with his left hand and grasping a rock with his right. The pond is bordered by hedges and trees.

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