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Self Portrait

Unknown Artist

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The painting depicts a man with short dark hair wearing a dark blue jacket with a white cravat around his neck and a white shirt underneath with a patterned collar. He sits at a table holding a paintbrush in his right hand and several brushes in his left hand, with a painting on the table in front of him. The man sits on a brown chair with vertical slats on the back. The background of the painting is blue with a diagonal shadow on the left. The painting is in a gold frame with a small loop at the top.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1800–1805
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
439 × 624 px
Museum record:
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