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Madame Vaudé-Green
Madame Vaudé-Green (née Marie Melina Grin) (3 June 1822 - 9 June 1902) was a French photographer who worked in Paris in the 1850s and 1860s, specialising in photographs of religious art. Early life Marie Melina Grin was born in Troyes, France on 3 June 1822, the daughter of Marie Rosalie Duparcq and Joseph Pierre Grin, a Postes, Télégraphes et Téléphones, postal inspector. In 1848, she married Louis Édouard Vaudé, a banker in Troyes. Following their marriage, the couple used the surname Vaudé-Grin or Vaudé-Grinn as well as Vaudé-Green. Photographic career In 1855, the press reported the arrival of a new photography studio in Paris, called ''Photographie catholique'', owned by "Monsier Vaudé-Green" and specialising in the "reproduction sur papier des chefs-d’œuvre de la peinture religieuse" (the paper reproduction of masterpieces of religious painting). The prints produced included reproductions of Peter Paul Rubens, Fra Bartolomeo and Nicolas Poussin, which we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troyes
Troyes () is a commune and the capital of the department of Aube in the Grand Est region of north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about south-east of Paris. Troyes is situated within the Champagne wine region and is near to the Orient Forest Regional Natural Park. Troyes had a population of 61,996 inhabitants in 2018. It is the center of the agglomeration community Troyes Champagne Métropole, which was home to 170,145 inhabitants. Troyes developed as early as the Roman era, when it was known as Augustobona Tricassium. It stood at the hub of numerous highways, primarily the Via Agrippa. The city has a rich historical past, from the Tricasses tribe to the liberation of the city on 25 August 1944 during the Second World War, including the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, the Council of Troyes, the marriage of Henry V and Catherine of France, and the Champagne fairs to which merchants came from all over Christendom. The city has a rich architectural and u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
