Self-Portrait
At the beginning of his career, between 1854 and 1861, Fantin-Latour executed a large number of self-portraits in chalk, charcoal, and oil. This example reveals his fascination with the work of Rembrandt and Courbet, who both used broad, rich strokes of paint and depicted forms as if they were emerging from an enveloping darkness.
Artwork Details
- Title: Self-Portrait
- Artist: Henri Fantin-Latour (French, Grenoble 1836–1904 Buré)
- Date: ca. 1858
- Medium: Oil on canvas, laid down on canvas
- Dimensions: Overall 10 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. (26.4 x 21.3 cm); original canvas 10 x 7 7/8 in. (25.4 x 20 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1995
- Object Number: 1995.91
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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