Chateau of Vallambrosa, Cannes
Charles Nègre
c. 1852
Medium
paper negative (waxed)
Dimensions
overall: 24 x 33 cm (9 7/16 x 13 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro in memory of Diamon Gangji
Accession Number
2003.113.1
About the Artist
Charles Nègre · 1820–1880
Charles Nègre (1820–1880) was a French painter and photographer who became one of the most innovative practitioners of early photography. Born in Grasse in the south of France, he trained as a painter in Paris under Paul Delaroche, Michel Martin Drolling, and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres at the École des Beaux-Arts. He initially took up the calotype and later the collodion process as aids to his ...