Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.

Arles. Cloister, St. Trophime (Arles. Cloître, St. Trophime)

Artist Édouard Denis Baldus (French (born Prussia), 1813 - 1889)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1861

MediumAlbumen print from waxed paper negative

DimensionsOverall, Image: 13 3/8 × 16 13/16 in. (34 × 42.7 cm)
Overall, Support: 18 1/8 × 23 13/16 in. (46 × 60.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
Overall, Frame (estimated): 21 1/4 × 25 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (54 × 64.1 × 3.2 cm)

SignedFacsimile signature stamped in ink on mount, recto BR below image: E. Baldus

InscribedPrinted in ink on mount, recto BL below image: ARLES. CLOITRE St TROPHIME

Credit LineGift of Susan and Paul Hirschbiel

Object number2019.19.3

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 228

DescriptionDepicts the cloisters of the 12th century Church of Saint-Trophîme in Arles, France.
Label TextÉdouard Denis Baldus French, born Prussia, 1813–1889 Arles, Cloister, St. Trophîme, 1853 negative, from the album Chemins de Fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée, ca. 1861 Albumen print from waxed-paper negative After studying painting in Paris, Baldus mastered the paper negative process. In 1851, the French Commission of Historical Monuments selected him as one of five photographers to survey the conditionof architectural monuments. In Arles, he recorded the church of St.Trophîme and its famous Romanesque cloister. This view of the north gallery, made on a second visit in 1853, shows the iron tie rods stabilizingthe barrel vaults. Baldus sold prints from his negatives in different formats and contexts. This one appeared in an album commissioned by a railroad company that featured important sites along its route. Gift of Susan and Paul Hirschbiel 2019.19.3 Provenancepurchased by Susan and Paul Hirschbiel on April 28, 1999 from dealer Robert Hershkowitz; gifted to the Chrysler Museum of Art by the Hirschbiels in 2019.Exhibition History"New Frames of Reference: Early French Photographers at Home and Abroad," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va, gallery 228, September 5, 2024 - February 16, 2025.