Rue Jean-de-Beauvais. Vue prise de la rue des Écoles vers la boulevard Saint-Germain, en travaux (1865–69): Art, History and Details

Rue Jean-de-Beauvais. Vue prise de la rue des Écoles vers la boulevard Saint-Germain, en travaux (1865–69) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Charles Marville (French, 1813–1879).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Jean-de-Beauvais Street dates back to the 1300s. Stairs rather than a traffic intersection mark where it meets the rue des Écoles, which is seen in the foreground and is higher in elevation. In the background, the light area is the intersection of rue Jean-de-Beauvais with the Boulevard Saint-Germain, seen here under construction. Haussmann strung together and widened numerous narrow older streets to form the long, airy boulevard. Charles Marville makes our eye traverse the dark, narrow medieval street before we emerge into the sunlight of the modern thoroughfare.

Object facts

• Title: Rue Jean-de-Beauvais. Vue prise de la rue des Écoles vers la boulevard Saint-Germain, en travaux
• Date: 1865–69
• Creator attribution: Charles Marville (French, 1813–1879)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Photograph
• Technique: albumen print from wet collodion negative
• Dimensions: Image: 34 x 26.7 cm (13 3/8 x 10 1/2 in.); Border: 45.9 x 33.4 cm (18 1/16 x 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 60.3 x 42.5 cm (23 3/4 x 16 3/4 in.); Matted: 76.2 x 61 cm (30 x 24 in.)
• Collection: Photography
• Department: Photography
• Accession number: 2010.320

Collection credit

Gift of Howard Greenberg, Robert Hershkowitz, Charles Isaacs and Hans P. Kraus Jr. in honor of Tom Hinson

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