Suresnes Bridge, Bois de Boulogne
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Marville often asked people—either an assistant or, here, probably an employee of the park—to pose in his photographs. These figures frequently were intended to illustrate the park’s attractions, but in this photograph the solitary man gazing off into the distance injects a somber note conveying inertia and isolation. The bridge in the background connected the elegant Bois de Boulogne to Suresnes, a rapidly industrializing working-class town located just outside the city limits.
Artwork Details
- Title: Suresnes Bridge, Bois de Boulogne
- Artist: Charles Marville (French, Paris 1813–1879 Paris)
- Date: 1858–1860
- Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
- Dimensions: image: 25 × 35.5 cm (9 13/16 × 14 in.)
- Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Musée Carnavalet, Paris
- Curatorial Department: Photographs