Self-Portrait, Laughing (Le rieur)

1791

Joseph Ducreux

Artist, French, 1735 - 1802

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 37.7 × 27 cm (14 13/16 × 10 5/8 in.)
    plate: 29.6 × 21.4 cm (11 5/8 × 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2021.39.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Baudicour, no. 2, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Prouté [1887 - 1981], Paris (Lugt 2103c); (Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); purchased 2020 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1859

  • de Baudicour, Prosper. Le peintre-graveur français continué, ou catalogue raisonné des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'école française nés dans le XVIIIe siècle. Paris, 1861: no. 2, ii/ii

Inscriptions

in plate, at bottom center: Invented & Engraved by J. Ducreux Painter to the King of France, / to His Imperial Majesty & Principal Painter to the Queen of France / London, Publish'd by the Author, Feb. 21, 1791; verso: none

Markings

Paul Prouté (Lugt 2103c)

Watermarks

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