Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00000369Two Shepherdesses Resting with Two Sheep
About the Artwork
During the 1870s, Giraudon commissioned one or more artists—probably a French painter who wished to remain anonymous—to create photographs of peasants. Now called Giraudon’s Artist, this photographer was one of the few in the 1800s specializing in rural figure studies created for use by artists. The images were likely taken near Barbizon, a destination popular with artists who wanted to work from nature. The artistry of these images derives from their skillful use of light, ability to render a subject in the landscape, and a perceptive depiction of human dignity.
Inscriptions
printed on lower right of image: "A.79"
Provenance
A French filmmaker and private collector; Howard Greenberg Gallery and Charles Isaacs Photographs, New York; Cleveland Museum of Art
Exhibition history
France at the Dawn of Photography. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 4, 2009-January 24, 2010). France in the Time of Manet and Morisot. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 10-August 23, 2026).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 7, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Auguste Giraudon's Artist (French)
- Date
- late 1870s
- Medium
- albumen print from wet collodion negative
- Dimensions
- Image: 11.2 x 17 cm (4 7/16 x 6 11/16 in.); Paper: 11.2 x 17 cm (4 7/16 x 6 11/16 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- Photograph
- Department
- Photography
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Accession no.
- 2010.8
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