id: 160756
accession number: 1998.9
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.9
updated: 2022-01-04 17:25:27.597000
Portrait of a Young Boy, c. 1848. Louis-Adolphe Humbert de Molard (French, 1800-1874). Salted paper print from albumen on glass negative; image: 23.2 x 17.1 cm (9 1/8 x 6 3/4 in.); paper: 23.6 x 17.7 cm (9 5/16 x 6 15/16 in.); matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1998.9
title: Portrait of a Young Boy
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creation date: c. 1848
creation date earliest: 1843
creation date latest: 1853
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: France, 19th century
technique: salted paper print from albumen on glass negative
department: Photography
collection: Photography
type: Photograph
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CREATORS
* Louis-Adolphe Humbert de Molard (French, 1800-1874) - artist
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measurements: Image: 23.2 x 17.1 cm (9 1/8 x 6 3/4 in.); Paper: 23.6 x 17.7 cm (9 5/16 x 6 15/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: 19th-Century French Portrait Photography from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2000-05-27T00:00:00
19th-Century French Portrait Photography from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 27-August 9, 2000).
title: Drawn with Light: Pioneering French Photography from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2005-02-26T00:00:00
Drawn with Light: Pioneering French Photography from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 26-June 16, 2005).
title: Cheating Death: Portrait Photography’s First Half Century
opening date: 2016-10-22T04:00:00
Cheating Death: Portrait Photography’s First Half Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 22, 2016-February 5, 2017).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
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Baron Humbert de Molard, a wealthy amateur, began taking daguerreotypes of his friends, family, and servants in 1843. The following year he became one of the earliest Frenchmen to experiment with paper print processes. This salted paper print was made from a glass-plate negative sensitized with albumen. The stiff pose, placement of the subject’s hands, and glaring gaze are likely due to the long exposure time required by those materials. They imbue a young boy with the gravity and formality of a much older man.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Painting by 18th-century Italian Master Gaetano Gandolfi among Works Added to CMA Collection,” March 24, 1998, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr4108
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1998.9/1998.9_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1998.9/1998.9_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1998.9/1998.9_full.tif