Portrait of his daughter Louise-Marie-Julie with magpie, Argentelle
Artist
Baron Louis-Adolphe Humbert de Molard
(French, 1800 - 1874)
DateSeptember 15, 1846
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Mat: 5 7/8 × 4 7/8 inches (14.92 × 12.38 cm)
Mat: 5 7/8 × 4 7/8 inches (14.92 × 12.38 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.44.8
SignedAttribution on typed label adhered to paper backer, top, in black: “Louis-Adolphe, Baron Humbert de Molard / Portrait de sa fille, Louise-Marie-Julie / 15 septembre 1846 àArgentelle / Daguerréotype : 80mm x 105mm / ¼ de plaque”
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DescriptionImage of woman wearing striped dress and plaid bonnet seated in front of birdcage. She holds a small bowl in her lap and reaches in to feed the bird with her left hand. This quarter plate uncased daguerreotype is sealed with paper backing and housed in British style paper mat.ProvenanceGérard Lévy, Paris, France;
Purchased at his sale, Photographies de Collection L'Excellence d'un Regard, Millon, Paris, France, December 20, 2016, lot 2, by Vintage Works, Ltd., Chalfont, PA;
Purchased from them by the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Purchased at his sale, Photographies de Collection L'Excellence d'un Regard, Millon, Paris, France, December 20, 2016, lot 2, by Vintage Works, Ltd., Chalfont, PA;
Purchased from them by the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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Baron Louis-Adolphe Humbert de Molard
September 14, 1846
2017.44.9
