Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony a7R II 2024.

Untitled (Portrait of a dog)

Artist Count Olympe Aguado de las Marismas (French, born Spain, 1827 - 1894)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1855

MediumAlbumen print from collodian negative

DimensionsOverall, Image: 6 5/16 × 5 1/2 in. (16 × 14 cm)
Overall, Support: 9 3/4 × 10 1/2 in. (24.8 × 26.7 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Overall, Frame (estimated): 21 1/4 × 17 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (54 × 43.8 × 3.2 cm)

MarkingsUnrelated albumen landscape print on verso.

Credit LineMuseum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank

Object number2024.11

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 228

Label TextCount Olympe Aguado de las Marismas French, born Spain, 1827–1894 Untitled (Portrait of a dog), ca. 1857 Albumen print from collodion negative Olympe Aguado was introduced to photography in 1849 and became a leader in the first French photographic society, founded largely by amateurs in 1851. The son of a wealthy Spanish banker who settled in Paris, he dabbled in the arts and profited from his family’s connections to the court of Napoléon III. While photographing weekend parties, family gatherings, and rural landscapes, he also made images of prized farm animals, including this endearing portrait of a dog near his chateau in Grossouvre, in central France. Museum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank 2024.11ProvenanceAlbum compiled by Alfred Coulon (1826-1898), member of the Société Française de Photographie from 1858.Exhibition History"New Frames of Reference: Early French Photographers at Home and Abroad," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va, gallery 228, September 5, 2024 - February 16, 2025.