Lot Essay
Le Gray exhibited a print of this image at the 1855 Exposition Universelle in Paris. Hamber explains that the photograph is of an oil copy of the Leonardo painting, made in 1848.
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La Joconde, early 1850s
Details
GUSTAVE LE GRAY (1820 - 1882)
La Joconde, early 1850s
Albumen print, 11.1/8 x 7.5/8 in., signed in red crayon on image, mounted on thin card with photographer's blind stamp on mount
La Joconde, early 1850s
Albumen print, 11.1/8 x 7.5/8 in., signed in red crayon on image, mounted on thin card with photographer's blind stamp on mount
Literature
Hamber, A Higher Branch of the Art, p. 457, 462n and ill. 241
Sale room notice
This photograph has the photographer's facsimile signature stamp in red on the image not as stated in the catalogue.