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[Large Figures on the North Porch, Chartres Cathedral]
Details
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- Dimensions
- 32.8 x 22.1 cm (12 15/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
- Department
- Photographs
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Purchase, The Howard Gilman Foundation and Harriette and Noel Levine Gifts, Samuel J. Wagstaff Jr. Bequest, and Rogers Fund, 1990
Art Genome Taxonomy
7 tags
Subject Matter
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Human Figure Both · 90%
Two prominently rendered carved human figures occupy the center of the image, corresponding to the cataloged subjects men and women.
Medium and Techniques
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Photography Both · 99%
The image is visibly a photographic print, and the catalog classifies the work as a photograph made from a paper negative.
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Traditional Photographic Techniques Metadata · 97%
The catalog identifies the medium as a salted paper print from a paper negative, an early photographic process.
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Close-Up Visual · 84%
The composition tightly frames the sculpted figures and immediately adjacent porch architecture rather than showing the cathedral from a distant viewpoint.
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Chiaroscuro Visual · 86%
Bright light falls across the stone figures and portions of the architectural ornament, while the canopy, columns, and recesses remain substantially darker.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the photograph to 1852, placing it within nineteenth-century art and photographic practice.
Geographic Regions
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French Art Both · 90%
The catalog identifies Le Secq as French, and the photographed site, Chartres Cathedral, is in France.
Source & rights
Henri-Jean-Louis Le Secq. [Large Figures on the North Porch, Chartres Cathedral]. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.