Sky Study, Paris
1856–57
- Medium
- albumen print from wet collodion negative
- Dimensions
- 15.3 × 21.4 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-192961
This view frames the city so that the dome of the chapel of Les Invalides—a retirement home and hospital for military veterans—dominates the skyline. In the 1850s, the light-sensitive coatings for photographic plates were incapable of properly exposing both earth and the sky in a single shot. Marville here set his camera to capture the dramatic sky and clouds, which meant that the city below, for the most part, became a dark mass of undifferentiated buildings. The scale, drama, and majesty of this natural spectacle overwhelm human achievements.
Provenance
Severance Fund, 1988.191
Registry history
- 1856–57 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — photographs
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