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Daguerreotype
Portrait of a finely dressed woman

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts
Auktionsdatum 5.6.2024

Photographer: Carl Ferdinand Stelzner (1805-1894). Portrait of a finely dressed young woman. Circa 1845. Nearly half-plate, gold-toned daguerreotype (image size circa 10,5 x 8 cm, plate size circa 15 x 11 cm). With ornamental paper surround, taped behind glass.

As of 1830, Carl Ferdinand Stelzner worked as a miniaturist and portrait painter alongside his wife in Hamburg. In 1842, Stelzner opened a studio with Hermann Biow, but the partnership was dissolved in 1843. Renowned for his fine compositions and vivid portraits, which hold both artistic and historical significance, Stelzner was considered one of the finest German portraitists of his time, also known for his excellent group portraits. – Minimal oxidation in side edges, a few spots on cover glass, a few small spots on plate, otherwise a clear strong image in very good, near excellent condition.

Lit.: Bodo von Dewitz/Fritz Kempe. Daguerreotypien (from the series Dokumente der Photographie 2, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg). Hamburg 1983, see ill. pp. 84 and 95 for Stelzner daguerreotypes with same mats.