DETAILS
- Artist
- Charles Nègre
- Date
- 1859
- Medium
- Albumen silver print from glass negative
- Location
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- Image: 35.3 x 43.5 cm (13 7/8 x 17 1/8 in.)
- Collection
- Photographs
- Credit line
- Gilman Collection, Purchase, Harriette and Noel Levine Gift, 2005
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THE ARTIST
Charles Nègre
Charles Nègre pioneered early photography, capturing Parisian street life and architectural grandeur with his innovative techniques.
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