Who created "[The Artist, His Mother, and Friends in Fishing Garb]"?

[The Artist, His Mother, and Friends in Fishing Garb] was created by Olympe Aguado de las Marismas in ca. 1860.

What medium is "[The Artist, His Mother, and Friends in Fishing Garb]"?

[The Artist, His Mother, and Friends in Fishing Garb] is Albumen silver print from glass negative.

Is "[The Artist, His Mother, and Friends in Fishing Garb]" in the public domain?

Yes, [The Artist, His Mother, and Friends in Fishing Garb] is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

[The Artist, His Mother, and Friends in Fishing Garb]

Q: When was "[The Artist, His Mother, and Friends in Fishing Garb]" created?

This artwork was created ca. 1860.

Olympe Aguado de las Marismas

ca. 1860

Medium

Albumen silver print from glass negative

Dimensions

Image: 17.7 × 14.6 cm (6 15/16 × 5 3/4 in.) Sheet: 19 × 14.6 cm (7 1/2 × 5 3/4 in.), irregularly trimmed

Classification

Photographs

Department

Photographs

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005

Accession Number

2005.100.249

Tags

MenWomenFishingPortraits

Art Historical Context

In this charming albumen silver print from around 1860, French photographer Olympe Agu de las Marismas captures a lighthearted group portrait titled *The Artist, His Mother, and Friends in Fishing Gar*. The image features Aguado himself alongside his mother and companions playfully dressed in fishing attire—wading boots, rods, and all—posing against what appears to be an outdoor setting. Measuring just under 18 by 15 cm, this intimate snapshot exemplifies the era's shift from stiff studio portraits to more candid, genre-like scenes. Created via the albumen silver process from a glass negative...

[The Artist, His Mother, and Friends in Fishing Garb]

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