Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Medium
salted paper print from a paper negative
Dimensions
image: 20.8 × 15.9 cm · matted: 50.8 × 40.6 cm
Classification
Photograph
Department
Photography
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Susan Herzig and Paul Hertzmann, in memory of Robert P. Bergman
Accession Number
1999.272
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About this artwork
This portrait of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867), one of the most admired painters in France at the time the image was made, is an early example of celebrity photography. Made by Victor Laisné, this print exemplifies his ambitious attempts at commercial paper negative portraiture. Unembellished and direct, the composition portrays Ingres in profile, revealing the upper three-quarters of his figure. Little is known about Laisné and his brief photographic career in the early 1850s. He co...