Chartres: Royal portal of the cathedral, ca. 1865

Title

Chartres: Royal portal 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

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet recto unten links: Stempel: CHARTRES. N 4

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet recto oben links auf dem Trägerkarton: Handschriftlich: 98.
Bezeichnet recto unten links auf dem Trägerkarton: Handschriftlich: Chartres Eure et Loir. No 4 Portail

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• 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

• Chartres cathredral (Chartres), Portail royal
• Chartres cathredral (Chartres)
• Chartres
• Majestas Domini
• Jesus Christ
• Forty-four Elders
• Twelve Apostles
• David (King of Israel)
• Solomon (King of Israel)
• Queen of Sheba
• building
• column
• man
• woman
• angel
• portal

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ
• Forty-four Elders
• Twelve Apostles
• Solomon (king of Israel)
• David (king of Israel)
• Queen of Sheba

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Ezekiel (prophet)
• Isaiah (prophet)
• John the Evangelist
• Matthew (evangelist)
• Mark (evangelist)
• Luke (evangelist)

Primary

• 48C1 architecture
• 61F(KATHEDRALE CHARTRES (Chartres)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (KATHEDRALE CHARTRES (Chartres))
• 61F(KATHEDRALE CHARTRES (Chartres), Königsportal) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (KATHEDRALE CHARTRES (Chartres), Königsportal)
• 11D321 'Majestas Domini': Christ in mandorla seated on a rainbow or sphere and accompanied by the Tetramorph
• 11I711 the twenty-four Elders
• 11I3 the twelve apostles (as a group), usually with books or scrolls (not in biblical context)
• 11I62(DAVID) David (not in biblical context); possible attributes: crown, harp
• 11I62(SOLOMON) Solomon (not in biblical context); possible attributes of Solomon: crown, sceptre, sword
• 11I63(SHEBA) Sheba (not in biblical context); possible attributes of Sheba (as negress): goosefeet, scroll

Secondary

• 11Q7121(PORTAL) parts of church exterior and annexes: portal
• 11Q7121(FACADE) parts of church exterior and annexes: façade
• 61E(CHARTRES) names of cities and villages (CHARTRES)