Artist
Édouard Baldus (French, born Prussia, 1813–1889)French, born Prussia, 1813–1889
CultureFrench
Titles
- Rocher de Saint-Michel au Puy
Date1854
PlaceFrance
MediumSalted paper print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 13 5/16 × 17 7/16 in. (33.8 × 44.3 cm)
Sheet: 13 5/16 × 17 7/16 in. (33.8 × 44.3 cm)
Mount: 17 1/2 × 22 3/8 in. (44.4 × 56.8 cm)
Sheet: 13 5/16 × 17 7/16 in. (33.8 × 44.3 cm)
Mount: 17 1/2 × 22 3/8 in. (44.4 × 56.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, the Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.243
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Bought by Manfred Heiting from Photographie Léon Herschtritt on 10/11/1989.
Exhibition History"The Photographs of Edouard Baldus", Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1994.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in ink, recto of mount, left corner under image: "Rocher St. Michel au Puy"
Lower right corner of mount in pencil: "No 7"
Lower right corner of mount in pencil: "No 7"
Right corner under image in ink: "E. Baldus"
Blind stamp on LC of mount: "MINISTERE D'ETAT - SOUSCRIPTION"
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