Self-portrait
Self-portrait

Currently not on view

Self-portrait,

1796

Jean-Jacques de Boissieu, French, 1736–1810
1999-82

Information

Title
Self-portrait
Dates

1796

Maker
Jean-Jacques de Boissieu
Medium
Etching and drypoint, burin and roulette
Dimensions
plate: 28.8 x 23.1 cm (11 5/16 x 9 1/8 in.) sheet: 35.6 x 28.8 cm (14 x 11 5/16 in.) mount: 57.4 x 42.4 cm. (22 5/8 x 16 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund
Object Number
1999-82
Place Made

Europe, France, Lyon

Inscription
Engraved in margin, lower right: J.J. DB. [ligatured] 1796.
Marks/Labels/Seals
In graphite in unknown hand on mount along sheet: d.s. / A CO – / De Boissieu / Portrait of himself / Proff. [sic] / 2//l v
Reference Numbers
Pérez 102
Culture
French, European
Type
drypoints, etchings, prints
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
mounting, etching (printing process)
Subject
artists, figures (representations), men, self-portraits, hats

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