Etude d'apres Nature
Etude d'apres Nature

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Etude d'apres Nature,

ca. 1870–79

Achille Quinet, French, 1831–1900
x1994-58
Beginning in the 1850s, photographic nature studies taken outdoors (en plein air) became popular studio reference aides for naturalist painters, particularly among those working in the environs of the Fontainebleau Forest. A number of pioneering photographers sold images of picturesque landscape views, domestic livestock, rustic farmhands, and other quotidian subjects to painters who might have found capturing such authentic details difficult. Quinet was a photographer and publisher who operated a successful shop in Paris from 1869 to 1879, specializing in distinctive nature-study photographs.

Information

Title
Etude d'apres Nature
Dates

ca. 1870–79

Maker
Achille Quinet
Medium
Albumen print (mounted to board)
Dimensions
19.2 x 24.9 cm. (7 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.) mount: 31.5 x 42.5 cm (12 3/8 x 16 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, anonymous gift
Object Number
x1994-58
Inscription
see card
Culture
French
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs
Subject
grass, marshes, swamps

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