Construction of the Avenue de l‘Opéra in Paris
Also titled Aanleg van de Avenue de l‘Opéra in Paris
Charles Marville (Paris, 1816–ca.)
1876 - 1877-02-24
- Medium
- cardboard, photographic support
- Classification
- photograph
- Dimensions
- height 258 mm x width 359 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Between 1853 and 1870 the incessant din of buildings being knocked down resounded throughout Paris. Emperor Napoléon III engaged Georges-Eugène Haussmann to mastermind the city’s rigorous urban renewal, whereby a significant portion of the old medieval Paris vanished to make way for boulevards and newly built houses. Charles Marville recorded much of this demolition and construction.
