The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 24, 2025
Amiens
1855
(French, 1813–1889)
Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)
Location: Not on view
Description
This rare, majestic, and sweeping view of the cathedral of Amiens, France, is an outstanding example of Baldus’s genius for photographing architecture. Placing his large view camera at an elevated vantage point, he recorded the dominating and central position of the church, which was undergoing restoration, as it towered above the surrounding village; open landscape is captured in the distance. In this ambitious composition, he carefully rendered the scene’s textural detail, spatial complexity, and subtlety of light. Compare this distant view with the close-up detail of a stone sculpture in LeSecq’s photograph of the same building (CMA 1996.253).- Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1986.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 74, no. 2 (February 1987): 38–79. Reproduced: p. 53; Mentioned: p. 63, no. 53 www.jstor.orgCleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 90
- Drawn with Light: Pioneering French Photography from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 26-June 16, 2005).Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 26 - June 16, 2005 . "Drawn with Light: Pioneering French Photography from the Cleveland Museum of Art".CMA, July 10 - August 19, 1990: "The Camera," Classroom Level, no exhibition catalogue.Year in Review for 1986. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).CMA, February 4 - March 15, 1987:"Year in Review 1986," CMA Bulletin, 74 (February 1987), p. 63, no. 53, repr. p. 52.
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1986.15