Artist with His Palette and Brushes, c. 1850s. Creator: Unidentified Photographer

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Artist with His Palette and Brushes, c. 1850s. Creator: Unidentified Photographer

Artist with His Palette and Brushes, c. 1850s. This unidentified photographer created a disarmingly personal portrait of a painter holding the tools of his craft. Skillfully lit, the composition achieves a surprising amount of spontaneity and animation. The generous natural illumination of the studio clearly defines the volume of the figure. Perhaps to acknowledge the painters flamboyant personality, the photographer enriched the portrait by adding hand-applied colour to the sitters large bow tie. The elaborately designed fez, placed at a jaunty angle atop the painters head, suggests his interest in Orientalism, a fashion that fascinated many mid 19th-century artists

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Daguerreotype Unidentified Photographer

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