Aggression, wickedness

1854-1856, printed 1862

Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant Duchenne (de Boulogne)

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen print

  • Credit Line

    Eugene L. and Marie-Louise Garbáty Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 22 × 16.2 cm (8 11/16 × 6 3/8 in.)
    mount: 40.2 × 27.6 cm (15 13/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.52.20

Associated Artworks

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Mécanisme de la Physionomie (The Mechanism of Human Facial Expression)

Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant Duchenne (de Boulogne)

1862

Weeping, tears of pity (left); Relaxed face (right)

Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant Duchenne (de Boulogne), Adrien Tournachon

1854

Scornful disgust (left); Scornful laughter (right)

Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant Duchenne (de Boulogne)

1854

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Alphonse Bertillon, Paris; by descent to Pascal Vincent-Bertillon, Paris; NGA purchase (through Denis Canguilhem, Paris), 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper center of mount in black letterpress: Électro-Physiologie Photographique. / Fig. 18.; lower center-right of mount in black letterpress: Duchenne (de Boulogne), phot.

Wikidata ID

Q64154656

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