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Antoine-Samuel Adam-Salomon

Self-Portrait

Maker

Antoine-Samuel Adam-Salomon (French, 1811 or 1818-1881)

Title

Self-Portrait

Year

ca. 1865

Medium

  • Pigment print from glass negative

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Pigment print from glass negative

Materials

pigment

Dimensions

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

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Jesse Metcalf Fund

Object Number

81.075

Type

  • Photographs

Exhibition History

Early Exposures
19th-Century Photography from the Collection
Mar 13, 2015 – Jul 19, 2015

Label copy

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
150 Years of Photography
Sep 22, 1989 – Nov 12, 1989

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Antoine-Samuel Adam-Salomon (French, 1811 or 1818-1881)
Self-Portrait, ca. 1865
Pigment print from glass negative
21.6 x 16.5 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches)
Jesse Metcalf Fund 81.075

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