Artist
Édouard Baldus (French, born Prussia, 1813–1889)French, born Prussia, 1813–1889
CultureFrench
Titles
- Maison Carrée à Nimes
- Plate 37, from the portfolio Paris-Lyon-Mediterranee
Date1853, printed c. 1862
PlaceNimes, France
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 12 3/4 × 17 5/16 in. (32.4 × 44 cm)
Mount: 18 × 23 1/16 in. (45.7 × 58.5 cm)
Mount: 18 × 23 1/16 in. (45.7 × 58.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, the Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.248
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Bought by Manfred Heiting from Lunn Ltd., Washington, D. C., on 2/11/1985.
Exhibition History"The Photographs of Edouard Baldus", Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1994.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper right: "15"
Inscribed in negative, recto, left lower corner: "Maison Carree a Nimes"; center bottom: "No. 9"
Inscribed in negative, recto, left lower corner: "Maison Carree a Nimes"; center bottom: "No. 9"
Inscribed in negative BRC: "E. Baldus";
Facsimile signature stamp lower right recto of mount: "E. Baldus"
Facsimile signature stamp lower right recto of mount: "E. Baldus"
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Édouard Baldus
1853–1864, assembled 1860s
Album of 69 albumen silver prints from glass or paper negatives
2020.172.1-.69
