Caen, the apse of the church of Saint-Pierre (Caen, le chevet de l’église Saint-Pierre),
Artist
Bisson frères
(French, active 1852 - 1863)
Artist
Louis Auguste Bisson
(French, 1814 - 1876)
Artist
Auguste Rosalie Bisson
(French, 1826 - 1900)
CultureFrench
Dateca. 1858
MediumAlbumen print from collodian negative
Dimensions17 3/4 × 13 1/2 in. (45.1 × 34.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2024.18.2
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 228
Label TextBisson frères, active 1852–63 Louis-Auguste Bisson French, 1814–1876 Auguste-Rosalie Bisson French, 1826–1900 Caen, the Apse of the Church of Saint-Pierre, ca. 1860 Albumen print from collodion negative Founded as a family daguerreotype studio in 1841 and reorganized by sons Louis-Auguste and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson in 1852, the renowned photographic firm Bisson frères excelled in sharply focused architectural views. At Caen in Normandy, the Bissons highlighted the ornamented, sixteenth- century chevet rather than the earlier Gothic pointed arches of the church’s nave. The rubble is infill of a canal that circulated the apse. After a cholera outbreak in 1854, the reformist mayor tackled the insalubrious water supply and, despite the outcry of poets and artists, built a walkway with a new gas streetlamp visible in the foreground. Museum Purchase 2024.18.2 ProvenancePhoto Vintage France, 60 Rue du Mad, 54530, Arnaville, France to Chrysler Museum of ArtExhibition 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.
Auguste Rosalie Bisson
1860
