Louis-Camille d'Olivier
[Theatrical Scene]

CultureFrench
Titles
  • [Theatrical Scene]
Date1850s
MediumSalted paper print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 8 15/16 × 6 9/16 in. (22.7 × 16.6 cm)
Sheet: 8 15/16 × 6 9/16 in. (22.7 × 16.6 cm)
Mount: 12 1/16 × 9 5/16 in. (30.6 × 23.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors
Object number2019.245
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionTrained at the French art school École des
Beaux-Arts, Louis Camille d’Olivier specialized in painted portraits, which he
exhibited at the annual Salon from 1848 to 1870. Like many artists of his
generation, d’Oliver also learned photography, applying his skills as a painter
to the new medium. From the mid-1850s onward, d’Olivier is known almost exclusively
for photographs of “artistic nudes”—a 19th-century phrase that suggests light
erotica—with hand-painted backdrops and luxurious settings. Even when masked in
the guise of history, allegory, or theater, as in this case, d’Oliver’s
photographs have an undeniable element of eroticism, heightened by the female
model’s direct stare and her exposed leg.

Provenance[Robert Hershkowitz Limited, Sussex, England]; purchased by MFAH, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top right: VA [illegible symbol]

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