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Daguerreotype
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This daguerreotype shows a sculpture by sculptor James Pradier (born Jean-Jaques Pradier). It is the representation of a scene from Greek mythology. The birth of the Aphrodite can be seen, represented by Pradier in the shape of a naked woman sitting in an open shell. The woman’s body is wrapped with a string of pearls, she has angled the left leg and grabs the edges of the shell with her hands. The sculpture was exposed from the front. It is a stereoscopy mounted in a frame with oval sections of the image.
Museum of City History Leipzig
Title: Daguerreotype
Description:
This daguerreotype shows a sculpture by sculptor James Pradier (born Jean-Jaques Pradier).
It is the representation of a scene from Greek mythology.
The birth of the Aphrodite can be seen, represented by Pradier in the shape of a naked woman sitting in an open shell.
The woman’s body is wrapped with a string of pearls, she has angled the left leg and grabs the edges of the shell with her hands.
The sculpture was exposed from the front.
It is a stereoscopy mounted in a frame with oval sections of the image.
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