Amiens: "Portrail de la Vierge" on the West Facade of the Cathedral, ca. 1860

Title

Amiens: "Portrail de la Vierge" on the West Facade of the Cathedral

Photographer

• Édouard Baldus

Period Produced

• 19th century

School

• documentary photography
• architectural photography

Object Type

• photograph

Physical Description

Albumen print mounted on cardboard

Material

• albumen
• silver (toned) particles
• cardboard
• paper

Technique

• albumen print
• wax-paper negative

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet recto unten links in der Fotografie: Handschriftlich: Amiens. Porte de la Vierge
Bezeichnet recto unten links auf dem Trägerkarton: Stempel: AMIENS. CATHÉDRALE
Bezeichnet recto unten Mitte auf dem Trägerkarton: Handschriftlich: Porte de la Vierge No 41
Signiert recto unten rechts auf dem Trägerkarton: Signaturstempel: E. Baldus

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Photographic Collection

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Eigentum des Städelschen Museums-Vereins e.V.

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 2011 with support from the Kulturstiftung der Länder and the Hessischer Kulturstiftung, property of the Städelscher Museums-Verein e.V.

Genre

• architecture

Main Motif

• building
• group of people
• man
• woman
• child
• portal
• Mary
• Christ Child
• Queen of Sheba
• depiction of the Virgin
• Life of the Virgin
• Solomon (King of Israel)
• Herod Agrippa (King of Judea)
• the Three Magi
• Gabriel
• Amiens
• Notre-Dame (Amiens)

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Christ Child
• Queen of Sheba
• Solomon (king of Israel)
• Herod Agrippa (king of Juda)
• Three Wise Men
• Gabriel (archangel)

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Jesus Christ
• Robert Luzarches
• Renaud de Cormont
• Thomas de Cormont

Primary

• 48C1 architecture
• 48C16 architectural detail
• 41A311 front façade
• 31D14 adult man
• 31D15 adult woman
• 31D12 youth, adolescent
• 11F4 Madonna: i.e. Mary with the Christ-child
• 11D2 Christ as child or youth (in general) ~ Christian religion
• 11I63(SHEBA) Sheba (not in biblical context); possible attributes of Sheba (as negress): goosefeet, scroll
• 11I62(SOLOMON) Solomon (not in biblical context); possible attributes of Solomon: crown, sceptre, sword
• 98B(HERODES AGRIPPA (Judäa, König, 1)) male persons from classical history (HERODES AGRIPPA (Judäa, König, 1))
• 11Q7614 Epiphany
• 61E(AMIENS) names of cities and villages (AMIENS)
• 61F(NOTRE DAME AMIENS) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (NOTRE DAME AMIENS)
• 11Q7121(PORTAL) parts of church exterior and annexes: portal

Secondary

• 48C162 arch, archivolt ~ architecture
• 25I152 monument, statue
• 41A34 staircase