Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of Ernestine Nadar, the artist's wife, wearing fur stole
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- Date
- c. 1880–83
- Medium
- uncut sheet of three matte gelatin silver carte-de-visites
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Photography
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 439503
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
This striking and unusual uncut sheet of carte-de-visite exposures was taken by one of France’s most successful early portraitist photographers, Nadar. His wife Ernestine frequently modeled for him, including when he tried out new equipment or processes such as these gelatin silver prints. These portraits seem to be an intimate, direct exchange between sitter and camera, wife and husband. Nadar and his wife Ernestine were married for 54 years.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg
- Provenance
- ?-2021: Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, Scarsdale, NY | June 7, 2021: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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