id:			157014
accession number:	1993.163
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.163
updated:		2023-12-05 08:36:11.370000

Study after Nature, c. 1853–55. Julien Vallou de Villeneuve (French, 1795–1866). Waxed salt print from waxed paper negative; image: 16.1 x 12.2 cm (6 5/16 x 4 13/16 in.); matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1993.163

title:				Study after Nature
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creation date:			c. 1853–55
creation date earliest:		1848
creation date latest:		1860
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	waxed salt print from waxed paper negative
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - French 19th Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Julien Vallou de Villeneuve (French, 1795–1866)  - artist
Julien Vallou de Villeneuve French, 1795-1866

A painter who exhibited at the Paris Salons from 1814-40, Julien Vallou de Villeneuve (born in Boissy-Saint-Léger) was later known as a lithographer. He became interested in photography in 1842, shortly after the new medium's invention, as an aid to his graphic work. His subjects included fashion, costume, and daily life, as well as light erotica, sometimes published in conjunction with other artists.
	By 1850 Vallou de Villeneuve had begun to practice photography in his studio, primarily female nudes and portraits of actors. In 1853-54 he published a series of nude studies, Études d'après nature, which were sold as artists models and to the general public. Several were used for well-known works by Gustave Courbet. Vallou de Villeneuve's works are admired for their emotional restraint, as well as for their masterful orchestration of form. A member of the Société héliographique in 1851, he helped found the Société française de photographie in 1854. T.W.F.
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measurements: Image: 16.1 x 12.2 cm (6 5/16 x 4 13/16 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on recto: "1909[G?]"; "nog / ser7"
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	inscription:	in pencil on verso: "2 [circled]"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   1996-11-24T05:00:00
	<i>Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997).

	title:		19th-Century French Portrait Photography from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2000-05-27T00:00:00
	<i>19th-Century French Portrait Photography from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 27-August 9, 2000).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Leon Herschtritt, Paris, France
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	Joachim Bonnemaison [1943-], Paris, France
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	(Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York, NY)
	date: ?-1993
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 6, 1993
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CITATIONS

	"1993 Annual Report." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 81, no. 6 (1994): 143-218.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 161; Mentioned: p. 162
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161457

	Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. <em>Catalogue of Photography</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 366
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.163/1993.163_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.163/1993.163_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.163/1993.163_full.tif