Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00012622Louvre, Façade rue de Rivoli, Paris
About the Artwork
Baldus took up photography in the 1840s and became renowned for his architectural views. In 1854, he was commissioned to record construction of the New Louvre, Emperor Napoleon III’s project to build wings that would join the Louvre and Tuileries Palaces and create a vast courtyard.
Inscriptions
Written in ink on recto, lower right: "E. Baldus"; Written in ink on recto: "14"; Written in pencil on recto: "Rue de Rivoli Le Louvre"
Provenance
?-2021: William S. and Margaret Lipscomb, Shaker Heights, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH December 6, 2021: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
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 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Édouard Baldus (French, 1813–1889)
- Date
- 1855
- Medium
- albumen print
- Dimensions
- Image: 28 x 21.8 cm (11 x 8 9/16 in.); Paper: 39.9 x 29.9 cm (15 11/16 x 11 3/4 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- Photograph
- Department
- Photography
- Credit line
- Gift of William and Margaret Lipscomb
- Accession no.
- 2021.214
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