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| Keywords: Eugène Atget, Luxembourg Gardens - Getty Museum.jpg Artwork en A tree takes center stage in this bold composition principally concerned with the depiction of pedestrian space and a Paris monument Eugène Atget composed the photograph so that the viewer's eye is led down a path toward Marie de' Medici's seventeenth-century Palais de Luxembourg Although the path is not occupied on this wintry day the presence of a few gentlemen--one overlooking the River Seine another seated on a park bench--suggest that Parisians frequently traveled along it During the 1600s the rich decoration of the Palais de Luxembourg had a powerful influence on French taste especially on interior decoration One of many former royal residences of historical significance in Paris it saw other uses after the monarchy fell It served as a prison during the French Revolution and the senate assembled there during the reign of Napoleon 1902 - 1903 Albumen silver print Image 17 5 x 22 1 cm 6 7/8 x 8 11/16 in Institution Getty Museum object history exhibition history other versions 70014 nscription Inscribed verso print in pencil title and negative number 4650 Secondary Inscription Inscribed verso print in pencil in unknown later hand dealer's inventory numbers 54 encircled and 15 credit line accession number 90 XM 64 54 PD-old-auto 1927 1902 in Paris 1903 in Paris 1902 photographs 1903 photographs Photographs of Paris by Eugène Atget Photographs in the Getty Museum Exterior of the Palais du Luxembourg Historical images of the Jardin du Luxembourg | ||||
