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| 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
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.
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