'Cain et sa race maudits de Dieu' by Antoine Etex and other statuary exhibited at Crystal Palace
1854
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1854
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
'Cain et sa race maudits de Dieu' by Antoine Etex and other statuary exhibited at Crystal Palace is a 1854 photographic by Unknown, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This image shows two black-and-white photos of a damaged sculpture. The figures look like people in odd poses, with one arm raised and one leg bent. The sculpture is cracked and broken, sitting on a flat surface. The photos were likely taken to document the sculpture’s condition. The photos are placed inside a color checker box, which helps photographers match colors accurately. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
A stereoscopic daguerreotype from 1854 captures a display of sculptures at the Crystal Palace, including Antoine Etex’s marble work *Cain et sa race maudits de Dieu*, originally created between 1832 and 1839 from an earlier plaster model and now held in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon. The image is presented in a black mount with two arched rectangular openings, later enclosed in a glazed passe-partout frame that was rebound in December 1981.
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