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Percement de l'avenue de l'Opéra (Construction of the avenue de l'Opéra)

December 1876
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 691
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Percement de l'avenue de l'Opéra (Construction of the avenue de l'Opéra)
  • Artist: Charles Marville (French, Paris 1813–1879 Paris)
  • Date: December 1876
  • Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
  • Dimensions: image: 25.9 x 36.4 cm (10 3/16 x 14 5/16 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Musée Carnavalet, Paris
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs