Place Saint-André-des-Arts (sixth arrondissement)
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Marville’s photograph reveals the centuries-old square of Saint-André-des-Arts as a disparate clump of buildings plastered with sundry advertisements for baths, mechanical beds, sign and letter painting, and a moving company—the last surely a common sight
in the restless quarters of Second Empire Paris. In his desire for homogeneity, Haussmann targeted such idiosyncratic topography and mandated that buildings on new avenues have restrained façades and uniform heights.
in the restless quarters of Second Empire Paris. In his desire for homogeneity, Haussmann targeted such idiosyncratic topography and mandated that buildings on new avenues have restrained façades and uniform heights.
Artwork Details
- Title: Place Saint-André-des-Arts (sixth arrondissement)
- Artist: Charles Marville (French, Paris 1813–1879 Paris)
- Date: 1865–1868
- Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
- Dimensions:
image: 22.8 x 36.5 cm (9 x 14 3/8 in.)
- Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Musée Carnavalet, Paris
- Curatorial Department: Photographs