Cloister of the Abby at Beauport, France
Original Language TitleCloître de l'abbaye de Beauport
Artist
Louis-Rémy Robert
(French, 1810 - 1882)
Dateca. 1855
MediumPhotolithograph
DimensionsImage and sheet: 10 1/16 × 12 9/16 inches (25.56 × 31.91 cm)
Mount: 14 7/16 × 21 3/4 inches (36.67 × 55.25 cm)
Mount: 14 7/16 × 21 3/4 inches (36.67 × 55.25 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.20.42
SignedOn mount recto, upper lower left, printed in black ink: "E. Van Marcke, d'après les Photographies de L. Robert.";
On mount recto, lower right, printed in black ink: "Imp.Lemercier, Paris rue de Seine, 57.”
InscribedOn mount recto, upper left, printed in black ink: "ANCIENS ÉVÊCHÉS DE BRETAGNE.";
On mount recto, upper right, printed in black ink: "HISTOIRE ET MONUMENTS.”
On mount recto, bottom, printed in black ink: "St. Brieuc_Guyon frères," , "ABBAYE DE BEAUPORT_CLOITRE.", "Paris Dumoulin, 13 Quai des Augustins."
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of cloister with crumbling stone walls and a stairway leading to dark doorway above. There is a row of semi-circular arches highlighted with light from above which creates a dark shadow along the right edge.
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ca. 1855
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