Louise Laffon
After the Hunt

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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)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2004.561

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Photography

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Manfred Heiting Collection of Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionIn
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

There is no evident signature.

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