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In der Public-Domain-Sammlung des MET zu stöbern, ist immer schön. Manchmal stößt man auf geradezu Beglückendes, wie dieses Foto von 1853/4:

Der Begleittext erklärt das Zustandekommen sehr prosaisch, aber das macht es fast noch schöner:

Spoiler:

Serendipity occasionally aids the muses, as here, where a worker's fatigue, a gentle breeze, and a bit of sunshine have helped one of the medium's early masters achieve something far beyond his original intention. Mestral was commissioned by the sculptor Adolphe-Victor Geoffroy Dechaume to document one of his angels of the passion before it was lifted to a high and inaccessible perch at the base of the flèche of the Sainte-Chapelle. Working at the restoration site, the photographer strung up a white canvas to provide a neutral background for the sculpture; however, during the long exposure (perhaps ten or fifteen minutes) that drapery blew in the breeze, softening its edges and folds in a blur of light. As a result, one has the sense that the sculpted angel has come to life and descended a beam of light to appear to the sleeping workman in a dream—like the angel appearing to Jacob—while his companion remains oblivious to the vision taking place a few feet away.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/284818