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This is a photograph of a historic cloister. The image captures a long, narrow corridor with an arched stone ceiling and rows of intricately carved columns lining either side. The columns on the left are adorned with elaborate capitals and supporting a series of arches that open up to an inner courtyard. The corridor is cast in a soft, sepia tone, lending an antique quality to the scene. Light enters from the left, highlighting the textures of the stone floor and the carvings on the columns. The end of the corridor fades into shadow, adding depth to the photograph.
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This is a photograph of a historic cloister. The image captures a long, narrow corridor with an arched stone ceiling and rows of intricately carved columns lining either side. The columns on the left are adorned with elaborate capitals and supporting a series of arches that open up to an inner courtyard. The corridor is cast in a soft, sepia tone, lending an antique quality to the scene. Light enters from the left, highlighting the textures of the stone floor and the carvings on the columns. The end of the corridor fades into shadow, adding depth to the photograph.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Arles, Cloître Saint-Trophîme (Arles, Saint-Trophime Cloister)

Édouard-Denis Baldus

Date
c. 1861
Medium
albumen silver print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 33.4 × 43.2 cm (13 1/8 × 17 in.) mount: 45.8 × 60.8 cm (18 1/16 × 23 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2023.83.3
Credit line
Gift of Funds from Diana and Mallory Walker
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record

Portfolio and series

Portfolio
Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (Railways from Paris to Lyon and the Mediterranean)

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • architecture
  • albumen silver print
  • France
  • Industry
  • Classical
Provenance

François Lepage Collection; (sale, Millon, Paris, 10 November 2022); (Hans P. Kraus, Jr., New York); NGA purchase, 2023.

Inscription

signed by artist, below right corner of image on mount in black ink: E. Baldus; printed below left corner of image on mount in black ink: ARLES. CLOITRE St TROPHIME; on verso, in unknown hand, lower left corner in graphite: 302149.12

NGA object ID 226703. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.