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Self-Portrait

Auguste Louis Lepère

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white image of a man sitting at a desk. The man has a beard and mustache and is wearing a collared shirt and vest. He sits with his right elbow on the desk and his right hand on his face. He holds a writing instrument in his left hand over a piece of paper on the desk. There is a stack of books on the right side of the desk. A lamp is behind the man on the right; it has an ornate metal base with a bird on top. The background is a wall with vertical lines suggestive of wallpaper or paneling. A logo or monogram is in the lower-left corner. The image is in a thin black rectangular frame. The background behind the frame is light-colored. The artist's signature is in the lower-right corner. The image is titled "Self-Portrait" and the artist is Auguste Louis Lepère.

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Dimensions:
750 × 893 px
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