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André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri

André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri

Artist
WA-00026862
Photography
Representation
None documented
2
Institutional Exhibitions
220
Works in Collection
256
Assets Indexed
0
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
80%
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Authority Records (3)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Roots of French Photography
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1949–1950
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French Photographs: Daguerre to Atget
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1945

Source Registry (1)

About

Why this artist matters now

André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri was a French photographer who started his photographic career as a daguerreotypist but gained greater fame for patenting his version of the carte de visite, a small photographic image which was mounted on a card. Disdéri, a brilliant showman, made this system of mass-production portraiture world famous.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Artworks (220)

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Artwork sources (6)

220 published of 243 catalogued · 24 with image
  • The Met
    192 published1 img
  • MoMA
    15 publishedof 30 catalogued2 img
  • Rijksmuseum
    7 published7 img
  • Nga
    4 published4 img
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    2 published2 img
  • + 1 more source · 8 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)

6 entries · 1 sources
  • Portret van Émile de Girardin
    1855 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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  • Portret van Napoleon III Bonaparte, keizer van Frankrijk
    1865 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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  • Fotoreproductie van (vermoedelijk) een getekend portret van Hendrik van Artois Bourbon, graaf van Chambord en Frans troonpretendent
    1870 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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  • Portret van Abd el-Kader, Algerijns vrijheidsstrijder
    1860 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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  • Portret van Isaac Adolphe Crémieux, Frans politicus en minister
    1855 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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  • Monsieur Merlen
    1861 · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Images

11 assets
Compositie (‘mosaïque’) met portretten van leden van Seminaire de la Chapelle St. Mesmin (c. 1860 - c. 1875)
Rijksmuseum
Fotoreproductie van (vermoedelijk) een getekend portret van Hendrik van Artois Bourbon, graaf van Chambord en Frans troonpretendent (1870 - 1880)
Rijksmuseum
Portret van Napoleon III Bonaparte, keizer van Frankrijk (1865 - 1873)
Rijksmuseum
George Peabody (1862)
Smithsonian Institution
George Peabody (c. 1860)
Smithsonian Institution
Monsieur Merlen (1861)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Mosaique: The Imperial Court of Napoleon III (c. 1866)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Eugenie Marie de Montijo de Guzman and Napoleon III (1860–69)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Relationships

4
Collections4
Art Institute of ChicagoThe Metropolitan Museum of ArtMuseum of Modern ArtNational Gallery of Art
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Representation & Collections

In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
National Gallery of Art
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Exhibitions and timeline

Group ExhibitionRoots of French Photography
New York · 1949
Group ExhibitionFrench Photographs: Daguerre to Atget
New York · 1945