Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00000352The Tiber, Tuileries Garden, Paris
About the Artwork
In 1859, Charles Nègre received government support to produce 50 photographs of their statuary. He never completed the project and made only a small number of unique prints, of which this is one. This stone sculpture, created in the late 1700s, depicts a human personification of the god of the Tiber River. The waterway runs through Rome, which is symbolized by the she-wolf and twins. This is one of the garden’s four sculptures depicting water deities.
Inscriptions
Written in pencil on verso: " 4/21/81 LM FH80.655"
Exhibition history
Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997). Drawn with Light: Pioneering French Photography from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 26-June 16, 2005). France in the Time of Manet and Morisot. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 10-August 23, 2026).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 7, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Charles Nègre (French, 1820–1880)
- Date
- 1859
- Medium
- albumen print from wet collodion negative
- Dimensions
- Image: 36.5 x 44.6 cm (14 3/8 x 17 9/16 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 66 cm (22 x 26 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- Photograph
- Department
- Photography
- Credit line
- Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
- Accession no.
- 1994.201
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