Studienkopf
PhotographerGräfin Marie Oriola
CountryGermany
MediumPhotogravure: Chine-collé
JournalDie Kunst in der Photographie 1897
AtelierMeisenbach, Riffarth & Co.
Year1897
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Dimensions
Image Dimensions: 16.8 x 12.6 cm : Art folio #2, plate #3: Die Berliner Vereine
The former Marie Berna, (born New York: 1846-died Büdesheim/Hessen) who later became Countess Marie Oriola, (Gräfin Marie Oriola) became a member of the Free Photographic Association in Berlin in 1896. She may be best remembered today however for commissioning the Swiss artist Arnold Böcklin to paint his masterpiece: Island of the Dead in 1880. This painting is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.