Nadar (1820-1910) Jean-François Millet 1856–1858 Salted paper print from paper negative, 26.8 × 21.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York See also: • Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875)
Jean-François Millet (1856-1858)
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Femme nue debout (1860-1861)
Nadar (1820-1910) Femme nue debout (Standing Female Nude) 1860–1861 Salted paper print from glass negative, 20.2 x 13.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Famed for his portraits of writers, artists, and left-wing politicians, Nadar is known to have photographed only…
Autoportrait en costume (1862-1864)
Nadar (1820-1910) Autoportrait en costume (Self-Portrait in Costume) 1862–1864 Salted paper print from glass negative, 22.1 x 13.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In the early 1860s, the famous portrait photographer Nadar was spotted at Parisian soirées decked out in…
Pierrot riant (1855)
Nadar (1820-1910) Pierrot riant (Pierrot Laughing) 1855 Gelatin-coated salted paper print, 27.3 x 19.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York We owe the contemporary image of Pierrot to the famous mime Jean-Gaspard Baptiste Duburau, who replaced the ruff and wide white…
Théophile Gautier (c.1856)
Nadar (1820-1910) Théophile Gautier c.1856 Salted paper print from glass negative, 24.8 x 19.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Ringmaster, publicist, and performer in a highly theatrical life, the legendary Nadar wore many hats–those of journalist, bohemian, left-wing agitator,…
Tigresse et ses petits (c.1884)
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Tigresse et ses petits (Tiger and Cubs) c.1884 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 91.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gérôme attributed the success of his animal paintings to his early studies at the menagerie of the…
Femme au balcon (1887-1888)
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Femme au balcon (Woman at a Balcony) 1887–1888 Oil on canvas, 50.2 × 41.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Seen from below as if from street level and posed seductively in a revealing costume, this woman is…
Étude des palmiers (1855-1856)
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Étude des palmiers (Study of Palm Trees) 1855–1856 Oil on canvas, laid down on board, 26.7 × 32.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gérôme painted this study during his first trip to Egypt in 1855–56. The same…
Pygmalion et Galatée (c.1890)
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Pygmalion et Galatée (Pygmalion and Galatea) c.1890 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 68.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Between 1890 and 1892, Gérôme made both painted and sculpted variations on the theme of Pygmalion and Galatea, the…
Prière à la mosquée (1874)
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Prière à la mosquée (Prayer in the Mosque) 1874 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 74.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gérôme painted this scene, which depicts the interior of the seventh-century mosque of ‘Amr in Cairo, after…