In the Intimacy of Crime: A Disturbing “Copy and Paste”

Name: In the Intimacy of Crime: A Disturbing “Copy and Paste”
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T15:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée de la préfecture de police

Did Alphonse Bertillon, father of modern forensics, influence Degas' painting? Come and discover the mystery!

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free entry, upon registration

Registration

01 44 41 52 50 museedelaprefecturedepolice@interieur.gouv.fr Register / book: https://www.smartagenda.fr/pro/prefecture-de-police-musee/rendez-vous

This conference, conducted in the form of an investigation, invites the public to question the similarities between Edgar Degas' painting entitled The Interior and the photographs of crime scenes taken by Alphonse Bertillon, Chief of the Department of Forensic Identity of the Prefecture of Police from 1882 to 1914.

Types d'événement

Visite commentée / Conférence

Thème 2022

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

About the location

Musée de la préfecture de police

4 rue de la Montagne-Sainte-Geneviève (3e étage) 75005 Paris

Paris
Île-de-France

The Police Prefecture Museum was commissioned in 1909 by Prefect Louis Lépine. Located in the Ve Arrondissement police hotel, the museum traces the history of the Parisian police from the 17th century to the present day. The 2,000 pieces presented, unique for some, evoke the events in which the police took part, memories of the history of Paris but also of that of France.