Edouard Baldus (1813-1889), Pavillon Richelieu, The Louvre, Paris C.1859 Albumen Print

Vintage albumen print of the Pavillon Richelieu Palais du Louvre, Paris Print from 1859 signed on cardboard. - Under mat 40x50cm - Photo Format 20 x 27 cm Baldus' photographic work is devoted to architecture and landscape and marked by official commissions which made him one of the favorite photographers of Napoleon III (1813- 1889). He is the official witness of his time through his numerous photographic works on the restoration of monuments or railway works. It documents, among other things, the reconstruction of the Louvre and the opening of the Paris-Lyon-Marseille railway line. Alongside Hippolyte Bayard (1801-1887), Henri Le Secq (1818-1882), Gustave Le Gray (1820-1884) and O. Mestral (1812-1884), he participated in the Heliographic Mission of 1851 sponsored by the Historical Monuments Commission to draw up an inventory of the most remarkable buildings requiring restoration in various regions of France

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