Saint John the Evangelist, Chartres Cathedral
Charles Nègre
c. 1854
Medium
salted paper print
Dimensions
overall: 32.1 x 23.5 cm (12 5/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Eugene L. and Marie-Louise Garbáty Fund, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund and New Century Fund
Accession Number
2003.74.2
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 ...