Galérie contemporaine, litéraire, artistique
1876 · Woodburytype on paper, photographic support, cardboard
width: 187 cm, height: 228 cm, height: 299 cm, width: 223 cm
Rijksmuseum
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Étienne Carjat
French, 1828
WA-00026511
Fareins, Ain, France
PrintmakingPhotography
Representation
None documented
3
Institutional Exhibitions
46
Works in Collection
58
Assets Indexed
4
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0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Authority Records (2)
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Edward Steichen Photography Center
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1964
No image
French Photographs: Daguerre to Atget
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1945
No image
Photography 1839�1937
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1937
Field Verification (4 fields)
4 cross-verified · 0 single-source
- BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
- Birth yearMoMA· 93%✓
- LocationMoMA· 93%✓
- NationalityMoMA· 93%✓
Source Registry (1)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
About
Why this artist matters now
Étienne Carjat was a French photographer and caricaturist active in the mid-nineteenth century. He is best known for his portrait photography, which captured prominent literary and artistic figures of the Second Empire and Third Republic periods. His work combined technical precision with an acute sensitivity to character, establishing him as one of the most sought-after portraitists of his era. Carjat also contributed significantly to illustrated journalism and caricature, bridging the worlds of fine art photography and popular print media.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago
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Artworks (46)
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Artwork sources (5)
46 published of 55 catalogued · 43 with image
- Art Institute Chicago35 published35 img
- MoMA8 publishedof 16 catalogued4 img
- Nga2 published2 img
- Rijksmuseum1 published1 img
- + 1 more source · 1 catalogued, not yet published
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8 entries · 2 sources
- 1863 · MoMA · 4 provWikidata·titleWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
- 1861 · Nga · 3 provWikidata·titleWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_url
- 1876 · Rijksmuseum · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Rijksmuseum
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Art Institute of Chicago
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Museum of Modern Art
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National Gallery of Art
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