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El salón del barón Gros

1850–57
Not on view
La refinada sensibilidad visual del barón Gros se combina con su excepcional dominio de la técnica daguerrotípica en esta fotografía de una lujosa estancia iluminada por sutiles y seductores juegos de luces. Cada detalle está perfectamente calibrado: la silueta de la jarra ante la ventana, vista a contraluz, la elegante silla de respaldo alto iluminada por un rayo oblicuo de sol, los daguerrotipos en un caballete (claramente visibles a pesar de sus superficies reflejantes), y las cortinas cerradas, similares a un telón de fondo teatral. Esta imagen es un interior y una naturaleza muerta, pero sobre todo es una ilustración de la posición social del barón Gros, su discernimiento estético, sus viajes y su talento.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: El salón del barón Gros
  • Artista: Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gros, francés, 1793–1870
  • Fecha: 1850–1857
  • Material: Daguerrotipo
  • Dimensiones: 22 x 17,1 cm
  • Crédito: Compra, Fondo Fletcher, donación de Joyce F. Menschel, Fondo Louis V. Bell, donaciones de la Sociedad Alfred Stieglitz y de W. Bruce y Delaney H. Lundberg, 2010
  • Número de inventario: 2010.23
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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