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IX - Christmas Catalogue - Marty de Cambiaire

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École Française<br />

X<strong>IX</strong> e siècle<br />

Portrait <strong>de</strong> femme<br />

Portrait of a Woman<br />

Fusain, craie blanche, estompe<br />

Charcoal, white chalk, stumping<br />

467 x 386 mm (18 3 /8 x 15 1 /4 in.)<br />

Cet élégant portrait <strong>de</strong> femme n’est pas attribué. Il témoigne <strong>de</strong> l’influence majeure <strong>de</strong><br />

la photographie sur le portrait à la fin du X<strong>IX</strong> e siècle : le fond noir, la douce estompe<br />

qui modèle le visage et les rehauts <strong>de</strong> blanc sur le front et le nez veulent manifestement<br />

imiter les effets du noir et blanc.<br />

This elegant portrait of a woman has not been attributed. It shows the great influence<br />

of photography on portraiture in the late nineteenth century: the dark background, the<br />

soft stumping that shapes the face and the white highlights on the forehead and nose<br />

are clearly meant to imitate black and white effects.<br />

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