Portret van de schilder Pierre Kremer, ten voeten uit

About this artwork

height 102 mm x width 62 mm

Art Historical Context

Step into the intimate world of 19th-century photography with *Portret van de schilder Pierre Kremer, voeten uit* (Portrait of the Painter Pierre Kremer, Full-Length), created by Joseph Dupont in 1. This diminutive albumen print, just 102 mm high by 62 mm wide, captures the painter Pierre Kremer standing proudly in a full-body pose—a format known as "ten voeten uit" in Dutch, emphasizing the subject's complete figure. Dupont, a skilled photographer of the era, immortalizes Kremer with the crisp detail characteristic of this pioneering medium. Albumen prints, introduced in the 1840s, revolutio...