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Vue prise du Couvent des Dominicains, Chalais (Isère), France
Also known as: Temple of Athene Nike. Venus Victrix--Wingless Victory
About the Artwork
Félix Thiollier brought to landscape photography the emotional power and mystery of the Barbizon and naturalist painters whom he collected and befriended. This dramatic view provides a deep vista more commonly found in photographs of the Western United States at the time. Underlying it, however, are a geometric structure of overlapping triangles, curved top border, and atmospheric clouds and mist that relate directly to precedents in painting.
Inscriptions
Written in graphite on recto of mount: “Prise du Covent des Dominicains-Chalais (Isere)”
Provenance
(Galerie Michele Chomette, Paris, France), sold to Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, Scarsdale, NY ?-2022: Michael Mattis & Judith Hochberg, Scarsdale, NY, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH March 7, 2022-: 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).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Félix Thiollier (French, 1842–1914)
- Date
- c. 1865
- Medium
- albumen print from collodion negative
- Dimensions
- Image: 13.1 x 20 cm (5 3/16 x 7 7/8 in.); Paper: 13.1 x 20 cm (5 3/16 x 7 7/8 in.); Mounted: 31.7 x 49.1 cm (12 1/2 x 19 5/16 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- Photograph
- Department
- Photography
- Credit line
- Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg
- Accession no.
- 2022.36
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Félix Thiollierca. 1910 · Photograph
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00012630
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