Selfportrait (Photosculpture)

Artist: François Willème
Period: 1860
Material: Plaster
Location: Albertina (Dauerleihgabe der Höheren Graphische Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt)
Dimensions: 36 x 14,5 x 14,5 cm
Scanned: 2016
Scanner: GOM ATOS III Triple Scan



In 1863, Willème turned his business into a joint-stock company. He produced many sculptures of leading personalities of Parisian high society as well as members of the Spanish royal family. Studios employing Willème’s method opened in Venice, London, and Trieste. Yet in 1867, the company was forced to declare bankruptcy.