Édouard Baldus
Cathédrale d'Amiens (Porte de la Vierge)

ArtistFrench, born Prussia, 1813–1889
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Cathédrale d'Amiens (Porte de la Vierge)
  • Amiens Cathedral (Porte de la Vierge)
Datec. 1855
PlaceAmiens, France
MediumSalted paper print from a glass plate negative
DimensionsImage: 17 1/4 × 13 3/8 in. (43.8 × 34 cm)
Sheet: 17 1/4 × 13 3/8 in. (43.8 × 34 cm)
Mount: 21 3/8 × 17 7/16 in. (54.3 × 44.3 cm)
Mat: 25 1/2 × 21 in. (64.8 × 53.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Lynch Foundation, courtesy of Mrs. Efrem Kurtz
Object number94.795
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "A Love Affair with Pictures: 25 Years of Collecting Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," MFAH, Lower Jones and Masterson Galleries, October 14 - December 30, 2001.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in negative BLC: "Amiens. Porte de la Vierge. No. 44"
Inscribed in ink on verso, CC: "Cathedrale d'Amiens//Porte de la Vierge//E. Baldus/sp.[?]"
Signed in the lower right corner of the negative, recto, "E. Baldus."
Large facsimile signature stamp, lower right corner of mount recto.

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Cathédrale d’Amiens, portail principal (Amiens Cathedral, Central Portal)
Édouard Baldus
1855
Salted paper print from paper negative
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Cathédrale d'Amiens, Portail principal
Édouard Baldus
1855
Salted paper print from paper negative
2004.251
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Édouard Baldus
1855
Salted paper print from paper negative
2004.241
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Édouard Baldus
1855, printed later
Salted paper print from glass negative
2004.239
Dome des Invalides
Édouard Baldus
c. 1855
Salted paper print from glass negative
2004.255
Chateau de Polignac
Édouard Baldus
1854
Salted paper print from glass negative
2004.245
Vierges Folles, Cathèdrale de Strasbourg
Henri Le Secq
1851
Salted paper print from glass negative
2004.579
Palais Royal
Édouard Baldus
c. 1855
Salted paper print from glass negative
2004.253
Pavilion Denon, Louvre
Édouard Baldus
1855–1856
Salted paper print from glass negative
2004.249
Tour Magne à Nimes
Édouard Baldus
1853
Salted paper print from glass negative
2004.250
Pavillon Turgot, au Louvre
Édouard Baldus
1856
Salted paper print from glass negative
2004.234
Rocher de Saint-Michel au Puy
Édouard Baldus
1854
Salted paper print from paper negative
2004.243