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Flèche de Notre Dame, Viollet-le-Duc, Ar (Spire of Notre Dame, Viollet-le-Duc, Ar[chitect])

Charles Marville French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 693

Beginning in the 1830s, a heightened awareness of the precarious condition of France’s medieval monuments (many of which had been damaged during the French Revolution) fueled vast restoration projects across the country. Although Marville worked closely with Viollet-le-Duc, who oversaw renovations to Notre Dame, this view of the cathedral’s spire with the city spread out below was likely commissioned by the company that manufactured the lead work and many of the decorative ornaments on the cathedral’s roof.

Flèche de Notre Dame, Viollet-le-Duc, Ar (Spire of Notre Dame, Viollet-le-Duc, Ar[chitect]), Charles Marville (French, Paris 1813–1879 Paris), Albumen silver print from collondion negative

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