Constantin Mitrofanovitch Flórinsky, Officer of His Majesty Tzar Nicholas II (Jaeger Regiment)
Medium
Autochrome
Dimensions
12.3 x 9.1 cm (4 13/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Classification
Transparencies
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1961
Accession Number
61.564.2
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Art Historical Context
In 1907, Russian officer Constantin Mitrofanovitch Flór captured himself in this striking Autochrome portrait, proudly posing as a member of the elite Jaeger Regiment under Tsar II. Measuring just 12.3 x 9.1 cm, this intimate transparency from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Photographs department offers a rare glimpse into the final years of the Romanov dynasty, a time of imperial splendor shadowed by brewing unrest leading to the 1917 Revolution. The Autochrome process, pioneered by the Lumière brothers commercially launched that very year, marked a revolutionary leap in photography—the fi...