Paris: Decorations for the Palais de Justice, 1868

Title

Paris: Decorations for the Palais de Justice

Photographer

• Pierre Lampué

Period Produced

• 19th century

School

• documentary 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 Mitte auf dem Trägerkarton: Blindstempel: PHOTOGRAPHIE; LAMPUE; 237 R. St. JAQUES PARIS

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

• ornament
• documentary photography
• portrait
• historical narration
• mythological representation
• portrayal of a historical event
• architecture

Main Motif

• Paris
• animal
• man
• woman
• Palace of Justice (Paris)

Persons Shown

• Justitia
• Minerva
• Napoléon I (emperor of France)
• Justinian I (Byzantine emperor)

Primary

• 9 Classical Mythology and Ancient History
• 61E(PARIS) names of cities and villages (PARIS)
• 31D14 adult man
• 31D15 adult woman
• 25F animals
• 48A98 ornaments ~ art
• 11M44 Justice, 'Justitia'; 'Giustitia divina' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues
• 92C27 specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Minerva; Minerva as patroness
• 61B2(BONAPARTE, Napoléon )(+51) historical person (BONAPARTE, Napoléon ) (+ head (BONAPARTE, Napoléon ) (BONAPARTE, Napoléon ))
• 61B2(JUSTINIAN I.)(+513) historical person (JUSTINIAN I.) (+ profile portrait)

Secondary

• 48A9875 ornament ~ festoon, garland
• 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure
• 48C1612 capital (~ column, pillar)
• 48A983 ornament derived from plant forms
• 25F33(EAGLE) predatory birds: eagle

Associative

• 61F(PALAIS DE JUSTICE (Paris)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (PALAIS DE JUSTICE (Paris))