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Crémiere, Léon & Erwin Hanfstaengl
(1831-1913, 1837-1905)Grenadier of the Imperial Guard

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Auktionsdatum 6.6.2026

Grenadier of the Imperial Guard. 1861. Albumen print, mounted to original card with printed ornamental border. 25 x 19,2 (mount 42,6 x 30,5 cm). Signed "Crémiere & Hanfstaengl Paris 1861" in the negative in lower margin of print. With the photographer’s studio imprint “Crémière & Hanfstaengl, Phot.” and address “28, rue Laval et rue Frochot, 2, Paris” printed below the image on the mount.

This photograph was produced during the short-lived Paris collaboration of Léon Crémière and Erwin Hanfstaengl in the early 1860s, when they operated a joint portrait studio at rue Laval. Combining Crémière’s courtly connections and experience in portraiture with Hanfstaengl’s technical training, their partnership favored carefully staged, formal images suited to official and elite clientele. The depiction of an Imperial Guard grenadier reflects this approach, presenting the soldier as an emblematic figure within the visual culture of the Second Empire.