Joseph (art model)
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Joseph, also known as Joseph le nègre, was a 19th-century Haitian acrobat and actor who is best known as an art model. Active primarily in Paris, Joseph is remembered for his professional relationship
Portrait study by Théodore Géricault, c. 1818–1819
Annotated version of The Raft of the Medusa (1819) by Théodore Géricault, showing figures said to have been modeled by Joseph.
Théodore Géricault, Back study (after the Joseph model) for "Le Radeau de La Méduse" 1818–1819, Ingres Museum, Montauban
Belvedere Torso, fragment of a Neo-Attic sculpture from the 1st century CE, which is said to have served as an inspiration for Géricault's depiction of Joseph. Vatican Museums, Vatican City.
Laure (art model)
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Laure was an art model in France known for her work with artist Édouard Manet. She is best known for posing as the black maid offering the white nude figure a bouquet of flowers in Manet's 1863 painti
Joseph (art model)
…the J. Paul Getty Museum suggests that he lived in the 9th or 17th arrondissement like many other immigrants and those involved in the arts, including Laure, a Black female model who worked with Édouard Manet. Joseph gained recognition after serving as a principal model for Géricault's The Raft of the Medusa…
La Négresse (1862-63) by Édouard Manet
A page from Manet's notebook showing Laure's address
Children in the Tuileries Garden (1862) by Édouard Manet
Olympia (1863) by Édouard Manet