Alphonse-Louis_Poitevin,_The_Pantheon,_1842.jpg

Summary

Alphonse Poitevin : The Pantheon, Paris (

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Artist



Alternative names	Louis-Alphonse Poitevin
Description	French chemist, photographer and civil engineer
Date of birth/death	29 August 1819	4 March 1882
Location of birth/death	Conflans-sur-Anille	Conflans-sur-Anille
Authority file	: Q1356899 VIAF : 56632161 ISNI : 0000000122803910 ULAN : 500004640 LCCN : n84059795 GND : 117688401 WorldCat

Title

The Pantheon, Paris

Description

English: A group of visitors is frozen in time at the steps of the Pantheon, a famous Neoclassical building in Paris. Barely visible horses, carriages, and sightseers give an awe-inspiring sense of scale to the scene. Louis-Alphonse Poitevin observed the enormous edifice – 72 feet high and 276 feet wide – from the roof of one of the buildings that faced it. Begun in 1757 as the Church of Sainte-Geneviève, the Pantheon is now a civic building housing the remains of some of France's most famous citizens.

Date

1842

Medium

Daguerreotype

Dimensions

1/2 plate Image: 15.1 x 10.2 cm (5 15/16 x 4 in.) Mat: 21.5 x 15.6 cm (8 7/16 x 6 1/8 in.) Object (whole): 27.9 x 21.9 cm (11 x 8 5/8 in.)

Collection

Getty Center

	Native name	Getty Center
	Parent institution	J. Paul Getty Trust
	Location	Los Angeles
	Coordinates	34° 04′ 39″ N, 118° 28′ 30″ W
	Established	1997
	Website	http://www.getty.edu/museum/
	Authority file	: Q29247 VIAF : 133364221 ISNI : 000000012287134X ULAN : 500260314 GND : 10081052-4 SUDOC : 050172751

Accession number

84.XT.265.12

Inscriptions

Markings:

Label: Label on recto cover glass, inscribed in ink: "Le Pantheon / (Paris) / 1842 AP".

Source/Photographer

The Getty Center, Object 62810

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