Self-Portrait

1796

Jean-Jacques de Boissieu

Associated Names
Jean-Jacques de Boissieu

Artist, French, 1736 - 1810

The image depicts a man with sharp facial features, including a prominent nose and curly hair under a wide-brimmed hat. He wears a coat over a high-collared shirt with a cravat, holding a sketch of a woman's head in one hand and displaying it. On the table in front of him are a sculpted bust of a man's head, a quill, an inkwell, and a closed book. The background is a plain dark surface.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with drypoint and roulette on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Katharine Shepard Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 37.6 x 29.1 cm (14 13/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 41 x 29.4 cm (16 1/8 x 11 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.135.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Boissieu 1878, no. 102, State iv/vii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Boston); purchased 1999 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1878

  • Boissieu, Alphonse de. J.J. de Boissieu, catalogue raisonne de son oeuvre. Paris: Rapilly; and Lyons: Auguste Brun, 1878.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate below image: J. J. DB.(in monogram) 1796; in image at top of woman's portrait: JJDB

Markings

illegible watermark with IM

Wikidata ID

Q75426349

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