Artist
Louise LaffonFrench, active 1859–1870
CultureFrench
Titles
- After the Hunt
Date1861–1864
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 7 3/8 × 5 11/16 in. (18.7 × 14.5 cm)
Mount: 8 13/16 x 9 1/4 in. (22.4 x 23.5 cm)
Mount: 8 13/16 x 9 1/4 in. (22.4 x 23.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.561
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
the 19th century, scenes depicting the bounty of the hunt were popular with still-life
photographers, just as they were with painters. Louise Laffon was a painter and
one of the first female photographers of the Société Française de Photographie.
She became known for still lifes of flowers, fruit, and game, some of which
were produced as studies for artists. An 1861 review described her “bird
pieces” as “rendered with a sharpness and a truth of form and plumage that are
inexpressible.” This still life by Laffon is stunning in both overall
composition and distinct detail.
ProvenanceGalerie Rudolf Kicken, Cologne.
Bought by Manfred Heiting from Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Cologne, on 4/23/1976.
Exhibition History"La Natura della Naturamorta - da Fox Talbot ai Nostri Giorni", Galeria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, 2001;
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, mount recto, left: 250.137.8806
Inscribed in black ink mount verso, below image: April 1865 Sarkhej
Inscribed in black ink mount verso, below image: April 1865 Sarkhej
There is no evident signature.
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