The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 14, 2025
La Belle Jardinère: le magasin de la rue de la Cité pendant sa demolition, Paris
1864–66
attributed to Charles Marville
Image: 22.9 x 34.6 cm (9 x 13 5/8 in.)
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
In the mid-1820s, the department store being demolished here introduced the idea of selling ready-to-wear clothing.Description
In the 1850s and 1860s, Paris was transformed through a massive urban renewal program. Charles Marville photographed the demolition of the old Paris and the modern structures that replaced it. Here the old buildings of La Belle Jardinère, one of the first department stores in Paris, are being torn down to make way for a new hospital.- ?-2021Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, Scarsdale, NYJune 7, 2021The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2021.64