Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
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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![[Sculpture of Virgin and Child, Notre Dame, Paris]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP315547.jpg)
Auguste Mestral — [Sculpture of Virgin and Child, Notre Dame![[Antiquities in the Museum at Cherchell, Algeria]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP248093.jpg)
John Beasley Greene — [Antiquities in the Museum at Cherchel
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Auguste Mestral — [Angel of the Passion, Sainte-Chapelle, Pa![[South Portal, Chartres Cathedral]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP158042.jpg)
Charles Marville — [South Portal, Chartres Cathedral]
Henri Le Secq (French, 1818–1882) — Amiens, Northern Façade 
Joseph Nash (British, 1808–1878) — Architecture of the Middl![[Fragment of an Egyptian Statue in the Museum at Cherchell, Algeria]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP243411.jpg)
John Beasley Greene — [Fragment of an Egyptian Statue in the
Otto J. Schneider (American, 1875–1946) — Portrail Central, 
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Henri-Jean-Louis Le Secq — [Large Figures on the North Porch![[Kanpur Memorial]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP147378.jpg)
Captain R. B. Hill — [Kanpur Memorial]