[Young Woman Holding a Flower]

Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey French

ca. 1842

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The identity of the young woman holding a stem of flowers in Girault de Prangey's daguerreotype remains unknown. This charming portrait previously was kept with a group of daguerreotypes that he made in Rome in 1842, where the sitting might have taken place. The picture also bears formal similarities with Girault's self-portrait, which he likely made at his villa in France in 1841.

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Title: [Young Woman Holding a Flower]
Artist: Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (French, 1804–1892)
Date: ca. 1842
Medium: Daguerreotype
Dimensions: Image: 4 11/16 × 3 11/16 in. (11.9 × 9.4 cm)
Overall with mounting: 5 7/8 × 4 3/4 × 5/16 in. (15 × 12 × 0.8 cm)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Fund, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2019
Object Number: 2019.72
Curatorial Department: Photographs

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