Maurits Verveer
Maurits Verveer
1850 - 1875
Medium
albumen print
Dimensions
107; 33; 24; 63
About this artwork
height 33 mm x width 24 mm
Art Historical Context
This intimate self-portrait by Maurits Verveer captures the artist through the emerging medium of photography during its formative years. Created between 1850 and 1875 as a delicate albumen print measuring just 33 by 24 millimeters, the work exemplifies the small-scale portraits that became popular as personal mementos and calling cards in the Victorian era. Albumen prints, made by coating paper with egg-white emulsion to hold silver salts, offered fine detail and tonal richness that helped establish photography as both a scientific tool and an artistic practice. Verveer’s choice to portray h...