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Self-portrait

Jacob Hart Lazarus

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Self-portrait by Jacob Hart Lazarus: A man with fair skin and brown hair is shown from the chest up, wearing a white dress shirt with a high collar and a blue bow tie. He has a reddish-brown beard and mustache. The man wears a dark-colored suit jacket. The background is dark and mottled, with shades of blue, green, and brown. The portrait is framed in gold.

Artwork details

Date:
1870–80
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
519 × 625 px
Museum record:
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