Man with mandolin

Artist José Maria Blanco (Spanish, active ca. 1850)

Date1851

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.16 × 8.26 cm)
Mat: 5 5/8 × 4 7/8 inches (14.29 × 12.38 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2015.67.13

SignedArtist's label printed on paper backing, in black ink: "MINIATURAS AL DAGUERREOTIPO. / EL GABINETE FOTOGRAFICO / DE D. JOSE MARIA BLANCO, está establecido en la calle del Roasario núm. / 71, á espaldas de S. Agustin. / Se hacen retratos de varios tamaños, aun / cuando sea para sortijas. / Las horas de trabajo son todos los dias / del año, y aun cuando esté lloviendo, desde / las 9 de la mañana hasta las 5 de la tarde. / Para colocar los retratos hay un gran sur- / tido de cajitas, alfileres para Señora, cuadros, / portamonedas, &c. &c.”

InscribedOn paper backing, upper right, in black pen: "Cadir 1851"; On paper backing, lower right, in black pen: "Cadir 1851"

MarkingsOn paper backing, lower left, in white pencil: "20974."

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DescriptionImage of man playing mandolin. The mustachioed musician is wearing a plaid hat and vest and is seated with a book open on his lap. Next to him is a small end table with a human skull resting on top of a floral tablecloth. This quarter plate uncased daguerreotype is hand-painted and housed in a white paper mat in traditional European presentation, sealed with original decorative paper tape and back with artist's paper label.Provenance

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Purchased from Serge Kakou, Paris, France by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2015;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2015.

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