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ÉDOUARD-DENIS BALDUS (1813-1889)
The Winged Victory of Samothrace, Louvre, Paris, c. 1855
albumen print
stamped with the artist's signature, inscribed and numbered 'E. BALDUS Louvre 1030' (on the reverse)
image/sheet: 18 ⅛ x 13 ⅜ in. (46 x 34 cm.)
Executed circa 1855.
Provenance
Private collection, New York
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In 1855, at the bequest of architect Hector Lefuel, Édouard-Denis Baldus began photographing every piece of statuary and ornamentation made for the vast complex linking the Louvre and Tuileries palaces. Baldus’ photographs of Napoleon III’s building projects were assembled in albums and presented by the emperor to government ministers, the imperial family and the then reigning monarchs of Europe.
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