The Madeleine
An atmospheric painting of L'eglise de la Madeleine, a Catholic church in Paris, designed over time by an array of architects including Pierre-Alexandre Vignon, Pierre Contant d'Ivry, Jacques-Marie Huve and Guillaume-Martin Couture, as a temple to the glory of Napoleon's army, later named after the Mary Magdalene
Picture No
13750115
Media ID
45169098
Size
3803px x 3002px
(4.5MB)
Credit
© CLM Archive Collection / Mary Evans
Source
Painting from Colour Magazine Volume 7 October 1917, by Frederick Francis Foottet (1850-1935)
Date
circa 1917
