Jules DuClos
Pont-de-Buis, on the Doufine, France
fromCHF 59.00
Black & white photography
Alexandre Dumas père
Nadar, 1855
Nadar's 1855 portrait of Alexandre Dumas père, the novelist behind The Three Musketeers, captured in the soft tones of a salted paper print.
CHF 99.00
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About this artwork
This is a portrait of Alexandre Dumas père, the French novelist and playwright who wrote The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers. Nadar photographed him in 1855, and the two were friends. The image is a salted paper print made from a wet collodion negative, a process typical of French photography in the nineteenth century. Dumas was one of many celebrities who sat for Nadar. The photographer is also remembered for lending his studio in 1874 to a group of artists, who held the first exhibition of Impressionist painting there, with works by Berthe Morisot among them.
On your wall: A quiet black and white portrait that suits a study, library, hallway or sitting room, especially alongside books or other framed photographs.
- Title
- Alexandre Dumas père
- Artist
- Nadar
- Year
- 1855
- Style
- Black & white photography
- Shape
- Portrait
Public domain (CC0). Image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Text based on Cleveland Museum of Art (CC0).
About Nadar
Nadar was the pseudonym of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist and novelist, who also took to the air as a balloonist. In 1858 he became the first person to take aerial photographs. His photographic portraits appear in many major national collections, and his son Paul carried on the studio after him.
Based on Wikipedia.
Canvas and printing
Printed on canvas and stretched over a 2 cm FSC-certified wooden frame, with the image wrapping around the edges. Framed versions sit in a wooden floater frame in black, natural or dark wood.
Delivery and returns
Every canvas is printed to order by our partner in Germany: framed canvases arrive in 6–11 working days, unframed ones in 7–12 working days. Delivery is free in Switzerland on orders from CHF 99. We also deliver to the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and many more countries, printed close to you where possible. You can return an undamaged canvas within 14 days. See delivery and returns.
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