Auguste D. Deroy

Auguste D. Deroy made a single print in 1850 that shows a broad view of the pilgrimage chapel inside Chartres Cathedral. The image records the vaulted ceiling, rows of candles, and the famous column shrine where pilgrims gather. It’s a straightforward record of a real place and moment, more like a postcard than a painting.

The print captures the quiet light inside the 13th-century chapel before electric lamps arrived. Tap to follow the line of stained-glass windows in the chapel’s apse.