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Ballet Dancer
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| Artist / Maker | André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri |
|---|---|
| Date | c. 1865 |
| Culture / Origin | French |
| Medium | albumen silver print on silk |
| Department | Photograph |
| Type | Photograph |
About the Artist
André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri French, 1819-1889 Disdéri is best known as a portraitist and popularizer of the carte-de-visite. He spent 10 years as a painter and working in the theater, and another five in the clothing business, before becoming seriously interested in photography around age 30. He first operated studios in Brest and Nîmes, then moved to Paris and opened a studio in 1854, and a second in 1863. In 1854 Disdéri patented the carte-de-visite, a method of producing a number of… Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: National Gallery of Art, Washington · Licence: CC0.
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