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[Chandelier]
Charles Nègre French
Not on view
The flickering flames of candles, lamps, and fires were too dim and ephemeral to be captured in early photographs. For this study, Nègre, a former painter and printmaker, photographed a modest brass chandelier in broad daylight against a black backdrop. He then painted on the negative a solid bright flame with a slight aureole of illumination floating above each candlewick.
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![[Chandelier], Charles Nègre (French, 1820–1880), Salted paper print from glass negative](/Rodan/dist/svg/rolling-0.9s-30px.svg)
