Reims: West Facade of the Cathedral I, 1857

Title

Reims: West Facade of the Cathedral I

Photographer

• Bisson Frères

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

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

• building
• window
• man
• woman
• child
• animal
• France
• Reims
• Notre-Dame de Reims
• Jesus Christ
• David (King of Israel)
• Christ Child
• Mary
• Peter (apostle)
• Saint John the Evangelist
• Queen of Sheba
• Joseph of Nazareth
• Hannah
• Simeon (prophet)
• Gabriel
• Abraham
• Isaac
• Moses
• Jesse
• John the Baptist
• Pope Callixtus I
• Remigius Remensis
• Solomon (King of Israel)
• Nicasius von Reims
• Elisabeth
• Saint Nicholas
• Helen (Roman empress)
• Rigobert von Reims
• Anne (saint)
• Eutropia

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ
• David (king of Israel)
• Christ Child
• Mary
• Peter (apostle)
• John the Evangelist
• Queen of Sheba
• Joseph of Nazareth
• Anna (prophetess)
• Simeon (prophet)
• Gabriel (archangel)
• Elizabeth
• Abraham
• Isaac
• Moses
• Jesse
• John the Baptist (prophet)
• Pope Callixtus I
• Saint Remigius
• Solomon (king of Israel)
• Saint Nicasius of Rheims
• Nicholas (saint)
• Helena (Roman empress)
• Saint Rigobert of Rheims
• Anne (saint)
• Eutropia

Associated Persons and Institutions

• God the Father
• Clovis I (King of the Franks)

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 1,26-56
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 2,22-38
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Johannes 19,16-34
• Die Legenda aurea des Jacobus de Voragine, übersetzt von Richard Benz, Heidelberg 1984, S. 584-586

Primary

• 48C1 architecture
• 61D(FRANCE) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (FRANCE) (FRANCE)
• 61E(REIMS) names of cities and villages (REIMS)
• 61F(NOTRE DAME REIMS) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (NOTRE DAME REIMS)
• 31D14 adult man
• 31D15 adult woman
• 31D112 child
• 25F animals
• 11D Christ
• 11D2 Christ as child or youth (in general) ~ Christian religion
• 11H(PETER) the apostle Peter, first bishop of Rome; possible attributes: book, cock, (upturned) cross, (triple) crozier, fish, key, scroll, ship, tiara
• 11H(JOHN) the apostle John the Evangelist; possible attributes: book, cauldron, chalice with snake, eagle, palm, scroll
• 11G184 the Archangel Gabriel
• 11H(JOSEPH) the foster-father of Christ, Joseph of Nazareth, husband of Mary; possible attributes: flowering rod or wand, lily, carpenter's tools
• 11I63(SHEBA) Sheba (not in biblical context); possible attributes of Sheba (as negress): goosefeet, scroll
• 71H story of David
• 11F the Virgin Mary
• 11I73(HANNA) female persons from the New Testament (HANNA) (HANNA)
• 11I72(SIMEON) male persons from the New Testament (SIMEON) (SIMEON)
• 71C1 story of Abraham
• 71C2 story of Isaac
• 11I62(MOSES) Moses (not in biblical context); possible attributes: rays of light or horns on his head, rod, Tables of the Law
• 11I62(ISAI) male persons from the Old Testament (ISAI) (ISAI)
• 73C1 story of John the Baptist (Matthew 3; Mark 1:4-11; Luke 3:1-22; John 1:19-34)
• 11HH(ELISABETH) Elisabeth, mother of John the Baptist; possible attributes: John the Baptist as child
• 11H(CALLISTUS) pope and martyr Callistus (Callixtus) I; possible attributes: book, millstone
• 11H(REMIGIUS) bishop Remigius (Rémi) of Rheims; possible attributes: dove with a phial of oil in its beak, (kneeling) maiden, phial of oil
• 71I story of Solomon
• 11H(NICASIUS VON REIMS) male saints (NICASIUS VON REIMS)
• 11H(NICHOLAS) the bishop Nicholas of Myra (or Bari); possible attributes: anchor, boat, three golden balls (on a book), three purses, three children in a tub, three maidens
• 11HH(EUTROPIA) female saints (EUTROPIA)
• 11HH(HELENA) empress Helena, mother of Constantine the Great; possible attributes: model of church, (royal) crown, crown of thorns, cross, three nails
• 11H(RIGOBERT) male saints (RIGOBERT)
• 11HH(ANNA) Anna, mother of Mary; possible attributes: book, Christ-child, lily, Virgin Mary

Secondary

• 48C16 architectural detail
• 48C161 column, pillar ~ architecture
• 48C2 sculpture
• 48C168(WIMPERG) other architectural details (WIMPERG)
• 48A98141 ornament ~ tracery
• 41A33 window
• 11Q7121(PORTAL) parts of church exterior and annexes: portal