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Antoine-Samuel Adam-Salomon

Self-Portrait, ca. 1865

Description

Maker

  • Antoine-Samuel Adam-Salomon, 1811 or 1818-1881, French

Title

Self-Portrait

Year

ca. 1865

Medium

Pigment print from glass negative

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • pigment

Dimensions

21.6 x 16.5 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Photographs

Credit

Jesse Metcalf Fund

Object Number

81.075

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Early Exposures

March 13 - July 19, 2015

Adam-Salomon used contrast in a way that came to be called “Rembrandt lighting” for its resemblance to the Dutch painter’s dark manner. In this self-portrait, Adam-Salomon portrays himself as a deeply contemplative monk in a pose reminiscent of classical sculpture. Critic Alphonse de Lamartine wrote, “After admiring the portraits caught in a burst of sunlight by Adam-Salomon, the sensitive sculptor who has given up painting, we no longer claim that photography is a trade—it is an art, it is more than an art, it is a solar phenomenon, where the artist collaborates with the sun.”

Capturing the Light

September 22 - November 12, 1989

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Self-Portrait with the accession number of 81.075. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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