Artist
Léon Gérard(French, active 1850s–1860s)French, active 1850s–1860s
CultureFrench
Titles
- Nuremberg - Place de Marche
- Market Square, Nuremberg
Date1857
PlaceNuremberg, Germany
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 14 5/16 x 10 3/8 in. (36.4 x 26.4 cm)
Sheet: 14 5/16 × 10 3/8 in. (36.4 × 26.4 cm)
Mount: 22 9/16 x 16 3/4 in. (57.3 x 42.5 cm)
Sheet: 14 5/16 × 10 3/8 in. (36.4 × 26.4 cm)
Mount: 22 9/16 x 16 3/4 in. (57.3 x 42.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, the Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.464
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
profusion of travel images in the later 19th century catered to tourists and armchair
travelers alike as souvenirs and neverbeforeseen glimpses of farflung
locations. Though 19th century Nuremberg was not a particularly exotic
location, its medieval architecture was strikingly different than contemporary
Paris, which was being razed and radically rebuilt in a modern manner. French
photographer Léon Gérard’s prints, like this one of Nuremberg’s market square,
satisfied the growing interest in the medieval past, even as Paris moved
rapidly into the modern age.
Provenance[Lunn Ltd., New York]; purchased by Manfred Heiting, the Manfred Heiting Collection, March 11, 1982; given to MFAH, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in negative, recto, lower right: L. Gérard // Nürnberg 1857
Inscribed in negative, recto, lower right/center: 32
Inscribed in negative, recto, lower right/center: 32
There is no evident signature.
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