Le deluge (The Flood)
Artist
Édouard Baldus
(French, born Prussia, 1813 - 1889)
Date1856
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 12 5/8 × 17 1/4 inches (32.07 × 43.82 cm)
Mount: 15 15/16 × 20 1/16 inches (40.48 × 50.96 cm)
Mount: 15 15/16 × 20 1/16 inches (40.48 × 50.96 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.8
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage taken from high vantage point looking down onto roofs of densely packed homes next to river. Two bridges cross the water and mountains appear on landscape with billowy clouds above.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
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