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Self-portrait in the astronomy studio

author: Krone, Hermann (1827-1916)

date: ca 1852

place of creation: Dresden (Germany)

object type: photograph

material: glass plate

technique: daguerreotype

dimensions: H 2 x W 3 x D 5 (frame H 68.2 x W 17.2) cm

signature:
on the reverse side, inscription in pencil: 1852, Herman Krone, Dresden
  • Face to Face, Four Domes Pavilion, branch of the National Museum in Wrocław, 26.02.2023 - 04.06.2023
  • Sobota, Adam, Fotografia. Katalog zbiorów, Wrocław 2007, seria Katalog zbiorów Muzeum Narodowego we Wrocławiu, s. 196, kat. 4582
not on display

National Museum in Wrocław Museum of Contemporary Art, Department of Photography and Intermedia

inventory number: MNWr XIII-307

copyrights to object: PUBLIC DOMAIN
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Two identical portraits of a seated man, in his right hand holding a book supported on his right knee, his left hand resting on an astronomical globe. The man slightly turned and looking to the left wearing glasses, with a mustache. Dressed in a dark jacket, plaid pants and a light-colored vest. On his face is a mustache.
Photographs mounted in a frame with rounded corners with a gilded border, for steroscopic viewing.
[Aleksandra Szwedo]

person depicted: Krone, Hermann (1827-1916)

keywords: artist / female artist (profession)  |  astronomy  |  self-portrait  |  photographer (profession)  |  german photography  |  celestial globe (globe)  |  spotting scope  |  astronomical observatory (architecture)  |  man portrait  |  interior workshop

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