Marchand d'Abat-jour (Lampshade Merchant)
1899–1900
- Medium
- Gelatin silver chloride printing-out paper print
- Dimensions
- 22.7 × 17.8 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-407830
> When Eugène Atget turned his attention to photographing *les petits métiers* (street tradespeople), he was adhering to a long iconic tradition in French graphic arts. Artists like [Abraham Bosse](https://art.famsf.org/abraham-bosse/milk-vendor-series-cries-paris-19633031277) in the seventeenth century, [Edmé Bouchardon](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/359899?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ft=Edm%c3%a9+Bouchardon&offset=40&rpp=20&pos=56) in the eighteenth century, and [Carle Vernet](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/811408?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ft=carle+vernet&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=8) in the nineteenth century took these outdoor sellers as subjects for their engravings, etchings, and lithographs. Nineteenth-century photographers like Charles Nègre (see [84.XM.344.1](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/38320/charles-negre-organ-grinder-at-21-quai-bourbon-ile-saint-louis-paris-french-before-march-or-may-1853/) and [84.XM.692.13](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/41968/charles-negre-group-of-three-italian-street-musicians-in-front-of-21-quai-bourbon-paris-french-negative-about-1854-print-april-1982/)) and Humbert de Molard…
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- 1899–1900 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs
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