Arlesiennes dans le Cloître de Saint-Trophime (Women from Arles in the Cloisters of Saint Trophime)

1852/1854

Charles Nègre

Associated Names
Charles Nègre

Artist, French, 1820 - 1880

The image shows two women in full-length, dressed in period clothing. One woman is standing, leaning against a carved stone structure with her one arm holding up a portion of her long dark dress. Her other arm is bent, resting on her hips. She wears a white bonnet, white apron, and a scarf-like accessory around her shoulders. The other woman is seated, turned slightly to the side with her hands folded in her lap. She wears a dark dress, white apron, and a bonnet. The background consists of architectural elements that appear ancient or in a classical design, featuring columns and arches, with intricate carvings and textures on the stone. The scene is set in an exterior location, possibly an ancient ruin, with shadows suggesting an afternoon light.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    salted paper print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.4 × 16 cm (8 7/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 62.9 × 43.4 cm (24 3/4 × 17 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.173.2


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Lee Gallery, Winchester, MA); (Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York), 2009; NGA purchase, 2018.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

above image center, typed in ink: Midi de la France.; below image left: Ch. Negre, Photog.; below image right: Paris, Goupil et cie; below image center: Arlesiennes.
on verso, by unknown hand, upper right corner in graphite: YE1308


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