The Floods of 1856, Avignon

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Edouard Baldus (French (born Prussia), 1813–1889)
Date: 1856
Medium: Salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions: 30.4 x 43.8 cm (11 15/16 x 17 1/4 in. )
Type: Photograph
Classification: Photographs
Department: Photographs
Credit line: Purchase, Robert Hurst, Paul F. Walter and Anonymous Gifts; Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, Rogers Fund and Gift of Mrs. Claire K. Feins, in memory of Daniel M. Feins and Linda S. Silverman, by exchange; and funds from various donors, 1997
Accession no.: 1997.52

Notre-Dame, Paris
Édouard Baldus
1852–53 · Photograph
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00000343
Pavilion Richelieu, Louvre, Paris
Édouard Baldus
1856–57 · Photograph
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00000359
Main Portal, Chartres Cathedral
Édouard Baldus
c. 1860, printed c. 1873 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006624
Voreppe (Dauphine)
Édouard Baldus
c. 1855 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006630