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[South Portal, Chartres Cathedral]

1854
Not on view
The deep shadows framing this doorway at Chartres create spatial depth and draw the viewer’s gaze toward a tiny detail: a small lamp hanging in the center of the open doorway. Marville’s keen ability to harness the play of light, especially against three-dimensional surfaces, made him a sought-after photographer of architecture and sculpture. This print was formerly in the collection of the sculptor Adolphe-Victor Geoffroy-Dechaume, who contributed to the restoration of Chartres in the 1850s and frequently hired Marville to photograph his work.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: [South Portal, Chartres Cathedral]
  • Artist: Charles Marville (French, Paris 1813–1879 Paris)
  • Date: 1854
  • Medium: Salted paper print from paper negative
  • Dimensions: 21.5 x 15.5 cm (8 7/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Jennifer and Joseph Duke Gift and The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2000
  • Object Number: 2000.292
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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