["Industry" by Louis Petitot, Pont du Carrousel, Paris]
Petitot’s allegory of industry was one of four sculptures that had been placed on the Pont du Carrousel, a bridge spanning the Seine, only five years before Marville made this view. The formality of the monument is somewhat mitigated by the makeshift stall displaying goods for sale—itself a tiny monument to industriousness—nestled in the niche below.
Artwork Details
- Title: ["Industry" by Louis Petitot, Pont du Carrousel, Paris]
- Artist: Charles Marville (French, Paris 1813–1879 Paris)
- Date: 1852
- Medium: Salted paper print from paper negative
- Dimensions: Image: 21.1 x 15.2 cm (8 5/16 x 6 in.)
Mount: 42.7 x 27.8 cm (16 13/16 x 10 15/16 in.) - Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Gilman Collection, Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Kravis Gift, 2005
- Object Number: 2005.100.357
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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