Romesnil
1850–55
Medium
Salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions
27 x 35.2 cm (10 5/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1996
Accession Number
1996.363.2
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Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's photography collection, where Louis-Rémy Robert's *Romesnil* (1850–55) captures humble charm of rural French architecture. This salted paper print from a paper negative depicts sturdy barns in the Normandy village of Romesnil rendered with a soft, atmospheric glow typical of early photographic processes. At 27 x 35.2 cm, its intimate scale invites viewers to linger on the textured stone walls and weathered roofs, evoking the everyday poetry of 19th-century countryside life. Created during photography's pioneering decade, the work showcases the calot...