Photography

[Photograph] Jaeger Johannes / [Höckert, Johan, Fredrik]

Photograph of an oil painting [Lappbrölopp]

Ca. 1880. Image area 15 x 27 cm. The card board 31 x 46,5 cm. Albumen print mounted to a card board with a blind stamped crest and the text "Joh. Jaeger Kongl. Hoffotograf".

Some foxing and staining to the card board. A few minor spots and stains to the photo. The image in nice condition.

A photo reproduction by Johannes Jaeger after an 1858 oil painting (Lappbrölopp / Brudfärd på Hornavan) by Johan Fredrik Höckert who was a national romantic genre painter. Dramatic and colourful in his manner. He was one of the best of his time. Jaeger, a german immigrant, became Sweden´s most famous and successful photographer of the 19th.century, producing portraits, views, panoramas as well as art reproductions. He settled in Stockholm in the early 1860s and became royal photographer in 1865. He also became the first official photographer to Nationalmuseum (The National Museum of Fine Arts). Similar positions as the museum´s first official photographers was held by Roger Fenton at the British Museum and Charles Marville at the Louvre in the 1850s. Reproductions of art work in photography was very popular in the second half of the 19th. century, eventhough it was only possible to make black and white photos. Photography made it possible for the first time to exactly reproduce art and distribute it among a great number of people. Jaeger published a sales catalouge with hundreds of photo reproductions of art works in 1882. These photos have not been valued in the 20th. century. Most have been thrown away, which means that these importatant documents on early photo reproduction of art are scarce today.

Item No: 2792