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Auguste Mestral

Statue of the Virgin, Notre Dame de Paris

1853
salted paper print from paper negative

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Around 1853, Auguste Mestral was commissioned by sculptor and metalsmith Adolphe-Victor Geoffroy-Dechaume to photograph sculptures he was carving for the Cathedral of Notre Dame. They were intended to replace ones that had been damaged by weather or during the Revolution. It is believed that this photograph was at one point owned by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, the architect heading the church’s restoration. This sculpture now stands in front of the rose window on the west (main) facade of the church.

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