Eugène Delacroix
ウジェーヌ・ドラクロワ
- Birth Year
- 1820
- Death Year
- 1910
- Date
- 1858 (reprinted in 1978)
- Technique, Material, Format
- salted paper
- Dimension
- 26.8 x 21.0 cm
- Category
- Photograph or Moving Image by ForeignPhotographer/Artist
- Inventory Number
- 85-PHF-054-12
Many artists frequented the studio of Nadar, who was one of the leading photographers of his day. One such artist was the renowned Eugène Delacroix.
Nadar captured the great artist's majestic figure from his signature three-quarter view (a traditional form of portrait composition in which the face is posed about halfway between front and profile views). Delacroix, however, is said to have been displeased with the finished photograph. It is not known why, but the artist's somewhat vacant gaze may have been difficult for him to accept as he approached old age and was suffering from physical deterioration. Despite the subject’s dissatisfaction, the photograph was published in magazines and, ironically, became the most famous representation of the artist.
(MATSUNAGA Shintaro)