Charles MarvilleFrench, 1813–1879Fountain at St. Sulpice
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Where is “Fountain at St. Sulpice” now? Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Chicago, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- Source
- The museum
About the work
Charles Marville is best known for his photographs of Paris at a time of enormous change, documenting its transformation from a dark, crowded city into one of grand boulevards and public parks. This picture, made in the year Marville began taking photographs, shows the monumental fountain just outside the church of Saint-Sulpice, which had been completed only a few years earlier. Marville produced his negative on paper, which lends the image a grainy softness that many photographers in his day prized over the sharper quality found in metal-plate daguerreotypes and glass negatives.
Art Institute of ChicagoCC BY 4.0
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- Accession number
- 2011.127
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- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image: Art Institute of Chicago — CC0
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