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O. Mestral

O. Mestral

French, 1812–1884
WA-00043737
Photography
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None documented
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5
Works in Collection
16
Assets Indexed
6
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  • Is PublishedManual· 100%
  • Birth yearWikidata· 92%
  • Death yearWikidata· 92%
  • NationalityWikidata· 92%
  • Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
  • BiographyWikipedia· 88%

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Auguste Mestral (1812–1884), also known as O. Mestral, was a French photographer. He travelled with fellow photographers Édouard Baldus, Henri Le Secq, and Gustave Le Gray in the summer of 1851 to photograph architectural monuments in France at the request of the Commission des Monuments Historiques.

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Artworks (5)

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5 published of 5 catalogued · 5 with image
  • Wikidata
    4 published4 img
  • Art Institute Chicago
    1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

13 entries · 1 sources
  • cloister of Saint-Pierre abbey in Moissac
    1851 · Wikidata · 4 prov
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  • Vierge à l'enfant sculptée par Geoffroy-Dechaume, chantier de la cathédrale Notre-Dame, Paris (Madonna and Child, sculpted by Geoffroy-Dechaume, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris)
    1854 · Wikidata · 3 prov
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  • The Ramparts of Carcassonne
    1851 · Wikidata · 3 prov
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  • Abside de St. Sernin de Toulouse
    1851 · Wikidata · 3 prov
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ChenonceauE1851A
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ChenonceauE1851
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Auguste Mestral, Sculpture of Virgin and Child, Notre Dame, Paris, ca. 1851
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Auguste Mestral, Sculpture of Angel at Sainte Chapelle, Paris, ca. 1851
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Auguste Mestral, Angel of the Passion, Sainte Chapelle, Paris, 1852–53
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St pierre angoulème XIXe
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Auguste Mestral by Le Gray, ca 1856
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Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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