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Reclining Female Nude Posed as Danaë

1850s

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The story

Braquehais's studio sold female nudes dressed up in mythology, like this model posed as Danaë, many colored by hand by his wife Laure. His end was grim. Bankrupt by 1874, he was jailed for 13 months and died days after his release.

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Object details

Title: Reclining Female Nude Posed as Danaë
Artist: Bruno Braquehais
Date: 1850s
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Daguerreotype with applied colour
Object type: Other
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Credit line: Image source The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access. License Public domain (Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true).
Object number: EFA.0300
Original image: 2749 × 3000 px
Source record: View on The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Bruno Braquehais. Reclining Female Nude Posed as Danaë. 1850s. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Image source The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access. License Public domain (Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true). In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0300/