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[PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de Sissi Elisabeth de Wittelsbach, impératrice d'Autriche et reine de Hongrie

[PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de Sissi Elisabeth de Wittelsbach, impératrice d'Autriche et reine de Hongrie

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[PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de Sissi Elisabeth de Wittelsbach, impératrice d'Autriche et reine de Hongrie

by SISSI IMPéRATRICE AUTRICHE Sissi, Elisabeth de Wittelsbach

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1867. Fine. 1867, 6,2x9,7cm, une photographie. - Photographie originale sur papier albuminé représentant Sissi, au format carte de visite, contrecollée sur un carton. La photographie est vierge d'indication éditoriale. Rare photographie en médaillon figurant Sissi à l'âge de 30 ans. Elle se présente dans une pose étudiée, le buste de profil et le visage tournée de 3/4 vers celui qui regarde la photo. On sait que Sisssi appréciait particulièrement les diamants en forme d'étoiles, elle se montre ici avec un diadème à étoiles dans sa chevelure et un ruban à étoiles autour du cou, donnant d'elle une image conforme à son désir. Les cheveux auburn et les yeux marrons, sa mère lui dira qu'elle n'est pas belle, au sens où elle ne respecte pas les canons de beauté de l'époque, n'étant ni blonde, ni brune. Sa beauté sera pourtant universellement célébrée. Sa robe fleurie laisse supposer qu'elle pose ici dans la tenue de mariage qu'elle porta lors de sa célébration avec l'empereur François-Joseph, le thème qu'elle avait elle-même donnée était fleurs et diamants. Cette photographie, très certainement retouchée, illustre le contrôle de l'image et représente une impératrice parfaite figée pour l'éternité. Cette séance de pose photographique fut faite en même temps que le portrait en peinture qui se trouve au musée Sissi de Vienne, exactement semblable, mais la photographie au format carte de visite était certes destinée à d'autres usages que la peinture unique. Il fut faire plus tard des cartes postales à partir du négatif. [ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] [PHOTOGRAPH] Photographic Portrait of Sissi, Elisabeth de Wittelsbach, empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, 1867, 6.2 x 9.7 cm, photograph Original photograph on albumin paper showing Sissi, in visiting card format, laid down on card. No publication markings. A rare medallion photograph showing Sissi at the age of 30. She is shown in a studied pose, bust in profile and face turned three-quarters towards the viewer. We know that Sissi was particularly fond of diamonds arranged in star shapes, and is here shown with a star-shaped diadem in her hair and a star-shaped ruby creation around her neck, presenting her the way she wished to be seen. With her auburn hair and brown eyes, her mother told her she was not beautiful, in the sense that she did not conform to the strictures of beauty of the age, being neither blonde nor brunette. Her beauty was later universally acclaimed, however. Her flowery dress allows us to suppose that she is posing here in the dress she would wear during the celebration of her marriage to the Emperor Franz Josef, the theme that she had given the wedding being flowers and diamonds. This photograph, certainly retouched, shows the control in which her image was held and presents a perfect Empress recorded for posterity. This photographic portrait was posed for at the same time as the painting in the Sissi Museum in Vienna, which is exactly the same, though the visiting-card photo was certainly destined for a different use than the painting itself. It was later made into postcards from the negative.

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[PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de Sissi Elisabeth de Wittelsbach, impératrice d'Autriche et reine de Hongrie
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SISSI IMPéRATRICE AUTRICHE Sissi, Elisabeth de Wittelsbach
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