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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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