Mlle Troisvalets
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
2005.100.588.1.148
Art Historical Context
Step into the enchanting world of 19th Parisian celebrity culture with *Mlle Troisvalets a captivating albumen silver print by pioneering photographer André-Adolpheugène Disdéri, created in 1863. Disdéri, a master innovator, revolutionized photography with the carte de visite—a small, affordable portrait format that exploded in popularity during France's Second Empire. This, measuring 7 3/8 × 9 1/4 inches, likely captures the poised elegance of Mademoiselle Troisval, possibly an actress or performer, embodying the era's fascination with theatrical glamour. The medium, an albumen silver print ...
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...