Gioacchino Antonio Rossini

Artist Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon) (French, 1820-1910)

Date1856

MediumLightly albumenized salted paper print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 9 3/4 × 7 5/8 in. (24.8 × 19.4 cm)
Overall, Support: 14 3/8 × 11 3/16 in. (36.5 × 28.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 15/16 × 16 in. (50.6 × 40.6 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LinePurchase in memory of Alice R. Frank with funds contributed by the Board of Trustees of The Chrysler Museum of Art and the Art Purchase Fund

Object number95.40

Terms

Portrait
Gioacchino Antonio Rossini
Black
White
Portrait
France

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DescriptionThis work is a salt print or lightly albumenized salt print on its original mount. It is signed "Nadar" and inscribed "113 St. Lazare" by the photographer in ink on the image, mounted, signed "G.Rossini." Inscribed to A. de Groot, and dated "Paris 6 Oct. 1859" by the sitter in ink and with the photographer's circular Nadar & Co. 113 R. St. Lazare studio blind-stamp on the mount. The subject of this photograph is Giocchino Antonio Rossini, one of the most renowned composers of 19th century opera. This is the finest print form this negative. Other prints are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Detroit Institute of the Arts.

Label TextNadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910 Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, 1856 Lightly albumenized salted paper print (photograph) Museum purchase, in memory of Alice R. Frank with funds contributed by the Board of Trustees of the Chrysler Museum of Art and the Art Purchase Fund 95.40