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Size refers to the image that is showing.This photograph first appeared in a small auction in Paris where initially the photographer and other details were unknown, and the dags could barely be seen under the dirty glass. Paris conservator Jerome Monnier cleaned and resealed the glass on each, leaving everything else intact. It has the beautiful blue color of the first daguerreotypes. The use of a large plate daguerreotype and the mastery of photographic chemistry are signs of the work of a professional or a talented amateur. Such expertise could indicate that the photographer came from Paris, where more accomplished practitioners could be found at that period.Bayard was given a commission from the Duc de Luynes' architect, Duban, to photograph the Duke's properties and restoration work on the famed Chateau de Blois. Included with the landscape plates of the Duke's property was a daguerreotype of Bayard's favorite subject, Georgina Benoist, directly tying these oversized full-plate daguerreotypes to Bayard for the first time.Hippolyte Bayard moved to follow the restoration of the Chateau de Blois between 1843 and 1845 at the request of architect Jacques Felix Duban, and to whom this was initially attributed. We would date this daguerreotype in the last year of that range. Bayard is considered one of the founders/discoverers of photography.The Château de Dampierre is a castle in Dampierre-en-Yvelines, in the Vallée de Chevreuse, France.Built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in 1675–1683 for the duc de Chevreuse, Colbert's son-in-law, it is a French Baroque château of medium size. Protected behind fine wrought iron double gates, the main block (corps de logis) and its outbuildings, linked by balustrades, are ranged symmetrically around a dry paved and gravelled cour d'honneur. Behind, the central axis is extended between the former parterres, now mown hay. The park with formally shaped water was laid out by André Le Nôtre. There are sumptuous interiors. The small scale (compared to Vaux-le-Vicomte for example) makes it easier to compare it to the approximately contemporary Het Loo, for William III of Orange.The grande galerie was reconstructed for the amateur archaeologist and collector, Honoré Théodoric d'Albert de Luynes, under the direction of antiquarian architect Félix Duban. Sculptor Pierre-Charles Simart contributed Hellenic friezes and reliefs for the project. Ingres' Age of Gold remains as testament to the abortive project of decorating it in fresco, not Ingres' habitual medium.

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Photo Detail - Hippolyte Bayard - Trees on Property of the Château of Dampierre
Hippolyte Bayard Trees on Property of the Château of Dampierre

Price $10,000

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Ref.# 16051

Medium Daguerreotype (Oversized full plate)

Mount in glass mount

Photo Date 1845c  Print Date 1845c

Dimensions 6-5/16 x 8-1/2 in. (162 x 216 mm)

Photo Country France

Photographer Country France

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