[Seated Lady in Striped Dress with Four Little Girls]
During his tenure as director of the Royal Gardens to the Austrian Imperial Court, Antoine’s love of horticulture and the arts conflated in the modern medium of photography. Known for his close-up studies of plant forms, he also used the verdant garden as a lush backdrop for portraiture. Antoine here photographs a mother and her four daughters, sumptuously dressed in matching striped dresses, hats, and fingerless lace gloves. While the family is his main focus, Antoine pays close attention to the subjects’ surroundings, choosing the perfect moment to capture the light softly filtering through the leaves.
Artwork Details
- Title: [Seated Lady in Striped Dress with Four Little Girls]
- Artist: Franz Antoine (Austrian, Vienna 1815–1886 Vienna)
- Date: 1850s–60s
- Medium: Coated salted paper print from glass negative
- Dimensions: 15.5 x 19.4 cm. (6 1/8 x 7 5/8 in.)
- Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1948
- Object Number: 48.83.26
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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Franz Antoine
1850s–60s
Franz Antoine
1850s–60s
Franz Antoine
1850s–60s
Franz Antoine
1850s–60s
Franz Antoine
1850s–60s
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