[Countess de Castiglione as Elvira at the Cheval Glass]
![[Countess de Castiglione as Elvira at the Cheval Glass] by Countess Virginia Oldoini Verasis di Castiglione|Pierre-Louis Pierson](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/countess-de-castiglione-as-elvira-at-the-cheval-285701.webp)
Medium
Salted paper print from glass negative
Dimensions
Image: 14.5 x 15.4 cm (5 11/16 x 6 1/16 in.) Mount: 17.1 x 17.3 cm (6 3/4 x 6 13/16 in.) Mat: 43.2 x 35.6 cm (17 x 14 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
Accession Number
2005.100.392
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the opulent world of 19-century Paris with *Countess de Castiglione Elvira at the Cheval* (1861–67), a captivating salted paper print from a negative by Countess Virginia Oldoini Ver di Castiglione in collaboration with photographer Pierre-Louiserson. This intimate 14.5 x 15.4 cm image captures the Countess in a lavish interior, poised before a cheval glass—a freestanding full-length mirror—embodying the role of "Elvira The medium, popular in the 1850s–60s, yields a soft, warm-toned print prized for its detail and subtlety, marking an early pinnacle of photographic portraiture. The ...
About the Artist
Countess Virginia Oldoini Verasis di Castiglione|Pierre-Louis Pierson (French| ) · 1822 |1835 –1913 |1899
French, 1822–1913|1835–1899