Interior Details and Candelabra, Théâtre du Vaudeville, Paris
1869, printed 1875/76
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
Image/paper: 38.7 × 28 cm (15 1/4 × 11 1/16 in.); Mount: 54.4 × 43.5 cm (21 7/16 × 17 3/16 in.)
Classification
photograph
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
215282
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
One of the most accomplished architectural photographers of 19th-century France, Louis-Emile Durandelle was hired to document such buildings as the opulent Paris Opéra, the Bibliothèque Nationale, and (as shown here) the newly rebuilt Théâtre du Vaudeville. In a process lasting several years, he would photograph the construction process from the laying of foundations through completion, often revealing elements of the finished building not visible to the unaided eye: details of decorative featur...