[Emperor Maximilian's Firing Squad]

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Artist: François Aubert (French, 1829–1906)
Date: 1867
Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions: Image: 11.4 x 14.2 cm (4 7/16 x 5 9/16 in.) Mount: 18.2 x 22.1 cm (7 3/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: Photographs
Department: Photographs
Credit line: Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005
Accession no.: 2005.100.580.1

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[The Corpse of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico]
François Aubert
1867 · Photograph
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00025076
The Shirt of the Emperor, Worn during His Execution
François Aubert
1867 · Photograph
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00025648
[The Scene of the Execution of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico]
François Aubert
1867 · Photograph
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00025696
Architectural Study in Mexico
François Aubert
1864–69 · Photograph
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00025704

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