Portrait of an elegant Métis
Photography
Inventory number
2020.10.15.14.PH.VI.C1860.FRDescription
Photographic portrait of a mixed race woman elegantly dressed in a ruffled crinoline dress accessorized by a lace canezou, bracelet as well as a pair of earrings and rings in the Campana style.The Campana jewelry is a collection of antique jewelry reunited by Giampietro CAMPANA di CAVELLI in early 19th century and mainly devoted to Etruscan and Greek jewelry. In collaboration with Fortunato PIO CASTELLANI, to whom Campana had entrusted the restoration of his discoveries, copies produced were sold, from 1853, to the bourgeoisie. The middle class became infatuated with copies of Etruscan jewelry marketed by the Castellani workshops, located in several European countries. French jewelers, in particular Prosper-Eugène FONTENAY, embark also on the production of jewelery in Campanian fashion.
Material
Analog photographyOrigin
circa 1860 Paris, FranceDimensions
Length : 26 cmHeight : 32 cm