Portret van de schilder Godfried Egide Guffens
1861
Medium
albumen print
Dimensions
62; 102
About this artwork
inscription: ‘ETABLISSEMENT PHOTOGRAPHIQUE/ de/ J. DUPONT/ Place de Meir 32/ ANVERS/ Maison fondée en 1853’
Art Historical Context
This intimate albumen print, titled *Portret van de schilderfried Egide Guff* (Portrait of the Painterfried Egide Guff), captures the likeness of a prominent Belgian Romantic painter (1816–1892) known for his dramatic historical and religious scenes. Created in 1861 by Antwerp photographer Joseph Dupont, the carte de visite format—measuring just 102 × 62 mm—reflects the era's booming popularity of affordable, collectible photographs among the middle class. Albumen prints, the dominant photographic medium of the 1850s–1890s, were made by coating paper with egg whites sensitized with silver sal...