View of the Small Grotto toward the Deer Pond, Bois de Boulogne
Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative
Dimensions
image: 25.1 × 36.4 cm · matted: 40.6 × 50.8 cm
Classification
Photograph
Department
Photography
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
James Parmelee Fund
Accession Number
1989.27
Tags
About this artwork
Although better known for his architectural photographs of Paris, Marville also produced magical landscapes like this image. Carefully composed, the asymmetrical composition presents a picturesque scene of a waterfall flowing from a mound of boulders in the Bois de Boulogne, a forest annexed as a Parisian city park in 1852. The sunlight filtering through the foliage creates a remarkable range of tonal and textural detail, along with lively abstract patterns of light and shadow. Trained as a pain...