[Reclining Female Nude Posed as Danae]

Auguste Bruno Braquehais was a French photographer active primarily in Paris in the mid-19th century, in partnership with his wife Laure Mathilde Gouin. His photographic work documenting the 1871 Paris Commune is considered an important early example of photojournalism. While largely forgotten in the years after his death, his work was rediscovered during preparations for the Commune's centennial in 1971, and his photographs have since been the exhibited at numerous museums, including the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, the Musée d'Orsay, and the Carnavalet Museum.