Portret van een paar c. 1865

"Portret van een paar" (Portrait of a Couple), a carte de visite photograph created around 1865 by F.D. van Rosmalen & Zoon, captures a formally posed couple. The man stands beside the seated woman, both dressed in the fashionable attire of the period. The couple's somber expressions and the photographer's signature at the bottom suggest the image was likely intended as a personal memento, capturing a special moment in their lives. Carte de visite photographs, popular in the 19th century, were small, affordable portraits exchanged among friends and family.