Two Shepherdesses Resting with Two Sheep
Auguste Giraudon's Artist · late 1870s · Cleveland Museum of Art
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During the 1870s, Giraudon commissioned one or more artists—probably a French painter who wished to remain anonymous—to create photographs of peasants. Now called Giraudon’s Artist, this photographer was one of the few in the 1800s specializing in rural figure studies created for use by artists. The images were likely taken near Barbizon, a destination popular with artists who wanted to work from nature. The artistry of these images derives from their skillful use of light, ability to render a subject in the landscape, and a perceptive depiction of human dignity. Auguste Giraudon was not a photographer but an important Parisian publisher of photographs.
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- Maker
- Auguste Giraudon's Artist (French)
- Date
- late 1870s
- Medium
- albumen print from wet collodion negative
- Dimensions
- Image: 11.2 x 17 cm (4 7/16 x 6 11/16 in.); Paper: 11.2 x 17 cm (4 7/16 x 6 11/16 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
- Place of origin
- France
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
