id:			160937
accession number:	1999.21
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.21
updated:		2023-04-25 11:42:56.516000

Portrait of the Actor Pierre Bocage and Friend, c. 1860. Eugène Colliau (French). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 24.1 x 17.8 cm (9 1/2 x 7 in.); mounted: 45.1 x 30.1 cm (17 3/4 x 11 7/8 in.); matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1999.21

title:				Portrait of the Actor Pierre Bocage and Friend
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creation date:			c. 1860
creation date earliest:		1855
creation date latest:		1865
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	albumen print from wet collodion negative
department:	Photography
collection:	Photography
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Eugène Colliau (French)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 24.1 x 17.8 cm (9 1/2 x 7 in.); Mounted: 45.1 x 30.1 cm (17 3/4 x 11 7/8 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on recto: "Colliau (eleve de le Gray) M2208J"
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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
	<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).

	title:		Drawn with Light: Pioneering French Photography from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2005-02-26T00:00:00
	<i>Drawn with Light: Pioneering French Photography from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 26-June 16, 2005).

	title:		France at the Dawn of Photography
	opening date:   2009-10-04T00:00:00
	<i>France at the Dawn of Photography</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 4, 2009-January 24, 2010).

	title:		Cheating Death: Portrait Photography’s First Half Century
	opening date:   2016-10-22T04:00:00
	<i>Cheating Death: Portrait Photography’s First Half Century</i>. 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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wall description:
Unlike the nearby two theatrical portraits, which show the actors in character, Bocage is shown as himself. Known by the stage name Bocage, Pierre-Martinien Tousez was a star of the Comédie-Française. Here he poses with a younger friend whose identity is unknown. Physical contact and gestures of affection between men are common in 19th- and early 20th-century photographs. They are most widely read as expressions of friendship, although some contemporary scholars suggest that a portion of these portraits could be coded expressions of romantic relationships.
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IMAGES

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