Who created "[Female Nude, Reclining, in Profile]"?

[Female Nude, Reclining, in Profile] was created by Julien Vallou de Villeneuve in ca. 1853.

When was "[Female Nude, Reclining, in Profile]" created?

This artwork was created ca. 1853.

What medium is "[Female Nude, Reclining, in Profile]"?

[Female Nude, Reclining, in Profile] is Salted paper print from paper negative.

Is "[Female Nude, Reclining, in Profile]" in the public domain?

Yes, [Female Nude, Reclining, in Profile] is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

[Female Nude, Reclining, in Profile]

Julien Vallou de Villeneuve

ca. 1853

Medium

Salted paper print from paper negative

Dimensions

11.2 x 15.5 cm (4 7/16 x 6 1/8 in.)

Classification

Photographs

Department

Photographs

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1993

Accession Number

1993.69.3

Tags

Female Nudes

Art Historical Context

In the intimate *Female Nude, Reclining, in Profile* (ca. 1853), French photographer Julien Vallou deeneuve captures the graceful curve of a woman's form in profile, evoking classical sculptures and Renaissance paintings. This salted paper print from a paper—dimensions a modest 11.2 x 15.5 cm—exemplifies the calotype process, a pioneering wet-collodion precursor that produced soft, painterly tones with subtle gradations, bridging photography's mechanical precision with artistic reverie. Created during photography's nascent years, just a decade after Daguerre's and Talbot's inventions, Vallou ...

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