Gorges Du Tarn Castelbouc

About the Artwork

The Gorges du Tarn is a canyon formed by the Tarn River in southern France. At the foot of some of its cliffs, below a ruined medieval castle, lies the ancient village of Castelbouc. It contains semitroglodyte dwellings, buildings that were built into the hillsides. Amédée Trantoul learned photography from his father, who had a studio in Toulouse which his son ran after his death.

Inscriptions

written in negative: "2061- GORGES DU TARN CASTELBOUC A.TRANTOUL PHOT. TOULOUSE"

Quick Overview

Artist: Amédée Trantoul (French, 1837–1910)
Date: 1870s
Medium: salted paper print from wet collodion negative
Dimensions: Image: 18.8 x 25.4 cm (7 3/8 x 10 in.); Paper: 19.3 x 25.4 cm (7 5/8 x 10 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: Photograph
Department: Photography
Credit line: John L. Severance Fund
Accession no.: 1998.154

Provenance

The Cleveland Museum of Art’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.