Charles Delahaye

c. 1857

Charles Marville

Associated Names
Charles Marville

Artist, French, 1813 - 1879

The image shows a man in a half-body portrait. He is seated with his chin resting on his left hand, which is placed on a table. The man has a beard, mustache, and his eyes are looking off-camera. He has voluminous, tousled hair. He is wearing a dark jacket over a light shirt, and there are geometric tools on the table in front of him. The background is blurry with a light-toned surface, possibly a wall or window, and the side of an easel or picture frame is visible. The scene is in sepia tone.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen-coated salted paper print

  • Credit Line

    Diana and Mallory Walker Fund

  • Dimensions

    image (oval): 18.7 x 14.9 cm (7 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
    mount: 45.1 x 31.6 cm (17 3/4 x 12 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.89.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Pierre Marc Richard, Paris; (sale, Drouot Richelieu, Paris, 8 June 2011, lot 125); (Charles Isaacs Photographs Inc., New York); NGA purchase, 2011.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2013

  • Charles Marville: Photographer of Paris, National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, 2013 - 2014, no. 5.

Inscriptions

on mount, by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: Charles; lower right, encircled: 125.

Wikidata ID

Q64145773

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