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Louis-Emile Durandelle

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Louis-Emile Durandelle was a French architectural photographer. Durandelle is best known for his documentary photographs of the construction of Parisian buildings, including the Eiffel Tower and the Paris Opera.

Source: Artsy · Trust score: 85% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (10)

13. Le nouvel Opéra de Paris. Statues decoratives.

1878 · albumen print on photographic support

height: 275 cm, height: 620 cm, width: 438 cm, width: 128 cm

Rijksmuseum

15. Le nouvel Opéra de Paris. Statues decoratives.

1878 · albumen print on photographic support

width: 128 cm, height: 275 cm, width: 438 cm, height: 620 cm

Rijksmuseum

Le Nouvel Opéra de Paris met 50 foto's

1878 · gelatin silver print on photographic support

width: 438 cm, height: 620 cm, width: 128 cm, height: 275 cm

Rijksmuseum

Marmeren standbeeld van een vrouwelijk naakt met gedrapeerde doek om het lichaam

1878 · albumen print on photographic support

width: 438 cm, height: 275 cm, width: 128 cm, height: 620 cm

Rijksmuseum

Marmeren beeld van een vrouw in toga met gedeeltelijk ontbloot bovenlichaam.

1878 · albumen print on photographic support

height: 275 cm, height: 620 cm, width: 438 cm, width: 128 cm

Rijksmuseum

Interior Details and Candelabra, Théâtre du Vaudeville, Paris

1869 · Albumen print

Image/paper: 38.7 × 28 cm (15 1/4 × 11 1/16 in.); Mount: 54.4 × 43.5 cm (21 7/16 × 17 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

[Charles Garnier in the Drafting Room While Designing the New Paris Opera]

1868 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Masks from the Control Room (Masques du vestibule de contrôle)

1865 · Albumen print, from "Le Nouvel Opéra de Paris, Sculpture Ornementale" (1875)

Image/paper: 27.5 × 38 cm (10 7/8 × 15 in.); Mount: 45 × 62.9 cm (17 3/4 × 24 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Stage Frieze and Cornice

1865 · Albumen print, from "Le nouvel Opéra de Paris, Sculpture ornementale" (1875)

Image/paper: 37.9 × 28.2 cm (14 15/16 × 11 1/8 in.); Mount: 63 × 45.2 cm (24 13/16 × 17 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Le Nouvel Opéra de Paris (Sculpture Ornementale)

1865 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

38.3 x 27.9 cm. (15 1/16 x 11 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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10 published of 10 catalogued · 10 with image

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Art Institute Chicago
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13. Le nouvel Opéra de Paris. Statues decoratives.
1878 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
15. Le nouvel Opéra de Paris. Statues decoratives.
1878 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Le Nouvel Opéra de Paris met 50 foto's
1878 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Marmeren standbeeld van een vrouwelijk naakt met gedrapeerde doek om het lichaam
1878 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Marmeren beeld van een vrouw in toga met gedeeltelijk ontbloot bovenlichaam.
1878 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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