Hexagonal Court, Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek (290. Baalbec. 1843. Cour Hexagone.)
Medium
Daguerreotype
Dimensions
3 11/16 × 9 1/2 × 5/16 in. (9.3 × 24.1 × 0.8 cm)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Moran Gift, in memory of Louise Chisholm Moran, 2018
Accession Number
2018.1
About the Artist
Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey · 1804–1892
Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (1804–1892), born in Langres, France, as the sole surviving child of Claude Joseph Girault and Barbe Philiberte Rosine Piétrequin, inherited the lordships of Genevrières and Prangey, adopting his full surname in 1825. After studies at Langres college and in Paris, where he earned baccalauréats in letters (1826) and law (1828), he pursued artistic training under ...