Portret van de schilder Jean Antoine Verschaeren, halffiguur

About this artwork

height 101 mm x width 62 mm

Art Historical Context

**Portrait of the Painter Jean Antoine Verschaeren, HalfFigure** *Joseph Dupont, 1861, albumen print, 101 × 62 mm* Step into the intimate world of 19th-century portraiture with Joseph Dupont's *Portrait of the Painter Jean Antoinechaeren, Half-*. This delicate albumen print, created in 1861, the Belgian painter in a close-up, half-length pose, showcasing the era's fascination with photography as a precise tool for personal commemoration. At just 101 mm high by 62 mm wide, it exemplifies the carte-de-visite format—a small, affordable photograph that exploded in popularity after 1859, allowin...