Pifferari et femme au tonneau
Alternate TitleMusician and woman on a barrel
Artist
Charles Nègre
(French, 1820 - 1880)
Dateca. 1854
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 1/2 × 6 5/16 inches (21.59 × 16.03 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2007.21.21
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a bearded man standing and leaning on an instrument beside a woman who is seated on a barrel with her head down.Gallery LabelThe casual stance of these figures paused on a street corner in Paris differs significantly from the more formal postures and props commonly used in studio portraiture at this time. Charles Nègre, who trained as a painter before taking up photography in the 1840s, may have made this photograph as a study for his paintings, which often featured such scenes of everyday life.
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