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A Sister of Charity Serving a Patient at the Hospice de Beaune (Main View)
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The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
The photographer of this image demonstrated a comfortable familiarity with the subject and must have made frequent visits to this famous hospital, built in France in the 1400s.
The beatific face of the young nurse in her crisp white uniform contrasts with the time-worn features of her aged patient. Placing one hand on his shoulder to comfort him and holding a bowl in her other, the nurse demonstrates her vocation before the photographer's lens, which has envisioned her as a merciful angel.
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Details
- Title: A Sister of Charity Serving a Patient at the Hospice de Beaune (Main View)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: about 1848
- Physical Dimensions: 12.4 × 9.1 cm (4 7/8 × 3 9/16 in.)
- Type: Cased object
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Daguerreotype, hand-colored
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 84.XT.404.6
- Culture: French
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Unknown maker, French
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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