Arnold van Gennep – Later-Life Portrait

Darrin Baines · 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

Historical photograph of Arnold van Gennep (1873–1957) seated outdoors later in life. Van Gennep was a French ethnographer and folklorist whose work on rites of passage became foundational to anthropology, sociology, folklore, and ritual studies. This portrait documents the scholar during his later years and complements earlier studio portraits preserved in the archive.