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Nadar

1820–1910

WA-00015169

Paris, France

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WikidataQ40116

MoMA

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1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

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MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4196
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (44)

Portret van een (vermoedelijk) Franse militair, staand in uniformjas met pet

1895 · albumen print on cardboard, paper, photographic support

height: 163 cm, width: 110 cm

Rijksmuseum

Portret van Sarah Bernhardt, actrice

1890 · carbon print on paper, photographic support

width: 106 cm, height: 155 cm

Rijksmuseum

Marie-Eugène Chevreul

1886 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 12.5 × 10.9 cm (4 15/16 × 4 5/16 in.); First mount: 14.2 × 12.6 cm (5 5/8 × 5 in.); Second mount: 19.7 × 16.6 cm (7 13/16 × 6 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Femme Arabe

1878 · albumen print on paper, photographic support, cardboard

height: 104 cm, width: 63 cm

Rijksmuseum

Portrait of Ernestine Nadar, the artist's wife, wearing fur stole

1875 · uncut sheet of three matte gelatin silver carte-de-visites

Overall: 10.8 x 21.9 cm (4 1/4 x 8 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portret van Alphonse Daudet

1873 · albumen print on cardboard, photographic support

width: 97 cm, height: 137 cm

Rijksmuseum

Gemeleerd bloed Egypte

1870 · albumen print on photographic support, cardboard, paper

width: 63 cm, height: 104 cm

Rijksmuseum

Le Neptune, Place Saint-Pierre à Montmartre

1870 · Gelatin silver printing out print

Image/paper: 10.1 × 7.4 cm (4 × 2 15/16 in.); Mount: 11.6 × 8.8 cm (4 5/8 × 3 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Self-Portrait with Wife Ernestine in a Balloon Gondola

1865 · gelatin silver print

image: 8.6 × 7.7 cm (3 3/8 × 3 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Édouard Manet (French painter, 1832-1883)

1865 · Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1876), volume 1

Image/paper: 11.9 × 8.2 cm (4 11/16 × 3 1/4 in.); Mount: 36.3 × 27.8 cm (14 5/16 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

George Sand

1864 · albumen print

image: 11.9 × 9.7 cm (4 11/16 × 3 13/16 in.) sheet: 12.1 × 9.9 cm (4 3/4 × 3 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

George Sand (born Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, French novelist, 1804-1876)

1864 · Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1877), volume 2

Image/paper: 23.5 × 19.1 cm (9 5/16 × 7 9/16 in.); Mount: 34 × 26.2 cm (13 7/16 × 10 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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[Nadar with His Wife, Ernestine, in a Balloon]

1863 · Gelatin silver print from glass negative

Image: 9 x 7.8 cm (3 9/16 x 3 1/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Interior of Le Géant Inflating

1863 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 11 × 8.3 cm (4 3/8 × 3 5/16 in.); Mount: 14.7 × 10.6 cm (5 13/16 × 4 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Le Geant, Champ de Mars

1863 · Gelatin silver printing out paper print

Image/paper: 17.1 × 16.5 cm (6 3/4 × 6 1/2 in.); First mount: 18.8 × 18.4 cm (7 7/16 × 7 1/4 in.); Second mount: 33 × 24.2 cm (13 × 9 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

[Nadar with His Wife, Ernestine, in a Balloon]

1863 · Gelatin silver print from glass negative

Image: 9 x 7.8 cm (3 9/16 x 3 1/16 in.) Mount: 23 x 19.9 cm (9 1/16 x 7 13/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Catacombs, Paris

1862 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Image: 23.7 x 18.6 cm (9 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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[Self-Portrait in Costume]

1862 · Salted paper print from glass negative

Image: 22.1 x 13.2 cm (8 11/16 x 5 3/16 in.), arched, unevenly trimmed

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Catacombs, Paris

1862 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Image: 23.7 x 18.6 cm (9 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.) Mount: 46 x 33.6 cm (18 1/8 x 13 1/4 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Hermaphrodite

1860 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Image: 23.9 x 19.2 cm (9 7/16 x 7 9/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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[Standing Female Nude]

1860 · Salted paper print from glass negative

Image: 20.2 x 13.3 cm (7 15/16 x 5 1/4 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hermaphrodite

1860 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Image: 23.9 x 19.2 cm (9 7/16 x 7 9/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Man on a Horse

1860 · albumen print from wet collodion negative

Image: 17 x 22.3 cm (6 11/16 x 8 3/4 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portret van een onbekende man op een stoel

1860 · albumen print on cardboard

width: 48 cm, height: 100 cm, height: 85 cm, width: 63 cm

Rijksmuseum

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Artwork sources (7)

44 published of 74 catalogued · 49 with image

The Met
23 published8 img
Art Institute Chicago
7 published7 img
Rijksmuseum
6 published6 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
5 published5 img
Nga
3 published3 img
+ 2 more sources · 30 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

31 entries · 2 sources

Alexandre Dumas père (1802-1870)
1855 · Cleveland · 6 prov
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Gioacchino Rossini
1856 · Met · 5 prov
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Eugène Pelletan
1857 · Met · 4 prov
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Self-Portrait with Wife Ernestine in a Balloon Gondola
1865 · Nga · 4 prov
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Pierrot Laughing
1855 · Met · 3 prov
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Honoré Daumier
1856 · Nga · 3 prov
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Portrait of Ernestine Nadar, the artist's wife, wearing fur stole
1875 · Cleveland · 3 prov
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Femme Arabe
1878 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Gemeleerd bloed Egypte
1870 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Portret van Sarah Bernhardt, actrice
1890 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Images

18 assets

Portret van Jules Verne (c. 1881 - in or before 1891)

Rijksmuseum

Tien portretten van zangers en acteurs: Marais, Mario, Descorval, Samé, Cocquelin, Vogel, Dunoyer, Grisier-Montbazon, Lamy en Berthelier (ca. 1880 - ca. 1900)

Rijksmuseum

Portret van Sarah Bernhardt, actrice (ca. 1890 - ca. 1900)

Rijksmuseum

Portret van een onbekende man op een stoel (ca. 1860)

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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National Gallery of Art

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