Currently not on view
Untitled,
ca. 1861–65
Eugène Cuvelier, French, 1837–1900
1997-19
A gentleman photographer who seldom exhibited and never published or sold his work, Eugène Cuvelier was nevertheless a prominent figure among the artists working in the Fontainebleau Forest. Corot introduced Cuvelier to Rousseau, Millet, and other artists of the Barbizon School, all of whom not only experimented with Cuvelier's cliché-verre techniques but also collected photographs to be used as source material for their paintings. In turn, the elder painter's naturalism exerted a profound influence on images Cuvelier made in the Fontainebleau Forest and throughout the Barbizon village.
Information
Title
Untitled
Dates
ca. 1861–65
Maker
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
sheet: 19.9 x 25.7 cm. (7 13/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
mount: 42.6 x 51.5 cm. (16 3/4 x 20 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of the Florence Gould Foundation
Object Number
1997-19
Inscription
Inscribed in negative, lower left corner of image: 67
Inscribed in pencil in unknown hand, recto below lower left corner of image: 67
Inscribed in pencil in unknown hand, recto lower right corner of mount: J1086
Inscribed in pencil in unknown hand, verso upper right: 82
Inscribed in pencil in unknown hand, verso upper right corner: [illegible] x 30
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