The Tiber, Tuileries Garden, Paris

1859

Charles Nègre

(French, 1820–1880)

Culture

France, 19th century

Medium

albumen print from wet collodion negative

Measurements

Image: 36.5 x 44.6 cm (14 3/8 x 17 9/16 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 66 cm (22 x 26 in.)

Credit Line

Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1994.201

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Location

230 Photography

Did You Know?

After the 1789 French Revolution, the gardens of the Tuileries palace became a public park.

Description

In 1859, Charles Nègre received government support to produce 50 photographs of their statuary. He never completed the project and made only a small number of unique prints, of which this is one. This stone sculpture, created in the late 1700s, depicts a human personification of the god of the Tiber River. The waterway runs through Rome, which is symbolized by the she-wolf and twins. This is one of the garden’s four sculptures depicting water deities.