● On view now — 230 Photography
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · verified August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Louis-Émile Durandelle photographed this sculptural ornament for the new Paris opera house while still in the workshop; he blacked out the background in the negative.
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Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey — Capital, near the Jaff
Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill] — Two Carved Stone
Monogrammist G.A. & the Caltrop — Speculum Romanae Magnifice
Ignazio Dimino — Drawing after a XVIth Century Marble Pilast
Monogrammist G.A. & the Caltrop — Speculum Romanae Magnifice
Léon Davent|Francesco Primaticcio — Speculum Romanae Magnifi
John Yenn|Sir William Chambers — Design for a Frieze, Orname
Carlo Losi|Hans Vredeman de Vries — Targhe ed altri ornati d
Master G. A. with the man-trap (Italian, active 1525–50) — B
Polidoro da Caravaggio — Armorial Trophy
Jean Dominique Etienne Le Canu — Design for a Monumental Fou
Master G. A. with the man-trap (Italian, active 1525–50) — B
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