St. Nectaire, France

Artist Louis Alphonse Davanne (French, 1824 - 1912)

Dateca. 1865

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 5 5/16 × 8 1/4 inches (13.49 × 20.96 cm)
Mount: 12 3/8 × 16 1/8 inches (31.45 × 40.97 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2017.68.18

SignedArtist's monogram on mount recto, bottom, blind stamp: "AD"

InscribedPrinted on mount recto, lower left, in blue ink: "ST. NECTAIRE"

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DescriptionImage of Romanesque church with rounded arches and large towers perched on hill. The church's highest point is an octagonal tower which is topped with a pyramid-shaped roof. Trees and smaller stone structures are built into the rocky hillside beneath.Provenance

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The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.

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