Who created "[Two Standing Female Nudes]"?

[Two Standing Female Nudes] was created by Félix-Jacques-Antoine Moulin in ca. 1850.

When was "[Two Standing Female Nudes]" created?

This artwork was created ca. 1850.

What medium is "[Two Standing Female Nudes]"?

[Two Standing Female Nudes] is Daguerreotype.

Is "[Two Standing Female Nudes]" in the public domain?

Yes, [Two Standing Female Nudes] is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

[Two Standing Female Nudes]

Félix-Jacques-Antoine Moulin

ca. 1850

Medium

Daguerreotype

Dimensions

visible: 14.5 x 11.1 cm (5 11/16 x 4 3/8 in.)

Classification

Photographs

Department

Photographs

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Rubel Collection, Purchase, Anonymous Gift and Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1997

Accession Number

1997.382.46

Tags

PortraitsFemale Nudes

Art Historical Context

Félix-Jacques-Antoine Moulin's *Two Standing Female Nudes* (ca. 1850) is a striking early daguerreotype, capturing two women posed frontally in a sunlit studio. This intimate 14.5 x 11.1 cm image exemplifies Moulin's specialization in photographic nudes, produced in Paris during photography's infancy. As one of France's leading daguerreotypists, Moulin catered to artists seeking anatomical references and private collectors drawn to the medium's unprecedented realism. The daguerre process, invented in 1839, yields a unique, mirror-like positive image on a silver-plated copper plate, prized for...

About the Artist

Félix-Jacques-Antoine Moulin (French) · 1800 –1875

French, 1800–after 1875

[Two Standing Female Nudes]

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