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Le Louvre Achevé et la Nouvelle Rue de Rivoli

  • The completed Louvre and New Rue de Rivoli

  • Circa 1826 – 1865

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"Le Louvre Achevé et la Nouvelle Rue de Rivoli," which translates to "The completed Louvre and New Rue de Rivoli," depicts an aerial view of Paris, seen from a hot air balloon. Philippe Benoist (French, Geneva 1813–ca. 1905) was a popular lithographer and executed several series of landscape views of France and Switzerland. This print probably dates to the 1850s or 1860s, during the reconstruction of Paris organized by Georges-Eugène Haussmann.

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  • 42.5 cm H x 55.9 cm W
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 1

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Benoist, Philippe. “Le Louvre Achevé Et La Nouvelle Rue De Rivoli,” circa 1826–1865. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/0r967457f.

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