In Poland, found post-mortem photograph of Chopin

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Polish photographer and gallery owner, Vladislav Zhuhovsky from Gdansk, announced that he was able to detect post-mortem photograph of Frédéric Chopin, informs Associated Press. Daguerreotypes, allegedly made by Louis-Auguste Bisson, Zhuhovsky purchased from a certain Scot.
Snapshot, which captures the composer on his deathbed, dated 1849 year. A spokeswoman for the Museum of Chopin in Warsaw, said that he could not confirm the authenticity of the picture, because if you do not see it. In this case, according to Polish portal Fakt, she believes that picture may well be true.
If the authenticity of the picture is confirmed, the discovery of the Polish gallerist can be called sensational. To date, the world knows only two photos of Chopin, both in his lifetime. One of them did exactly Louis-Auguste Bisson, and also in 1849.
In favor of the authenticity of photos can indicate that the death of Chopin, who died Oct. 17, 1849 in Paris, was a great event in the world of French art. After the death of the composer's famous sculptor Auguste Klezinzhe, author of the grave monument of Chopin in Pere Lachaise cemetery, has made his death mask and plaster cast of the hands, and Bisson, known at that time photographer, it could make a post-mortem photograph.
(Lenta.Ru)