Mlle Mourawieff dans Néméa
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
Image: 7 3/8 × 9 1/4 in. (18.8 × 23.5 cm) Album page: 10 3/8 × 13 3/4 in. (26.3 × 35 cm)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
Accession Number
2005.100.588.1.5
Art Historical Context
Step into the captivating world of 19th photography with *Mlle Mourawieff Néméa* (1863), a stunning albumen silver print by pioneering French photographer André-Adol-Eugène Disdéri. Capturing the poised elegance of actress Mlle Mourawieff in dramatic role as Néméa—likely evoking the mythological huntress from Greek lore—this portrait blends theatrical flair with photographic precision. Disdéri, famed for inventing the carte de visite format that revolutionized portraiture, here showcases his mastery in a larger-scale image measuring 7 3/8 × 9 1/4 inches. The albumen silver print, made from a ...
About the Artist
André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri · 1819–1889
**André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri** (1819–1889) was a pioneering French photographer whose innovations transformed portraiture into a mass medium during the Second Empire. Born on March 28, 1819, in Paris, Disdéri pursued diverse careers in commerce, acting, and politics early on, while studying art amid personal hardships following his father's death, which compelled him to support his mother, sibli...