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Self-Portrait

A work made of etching, drypoint, and engraving in black on ivory wove paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of etching, drypoint, and engraving in black on ivory wove paper.

Date:

c. 1778

Artist:

Jean Pierre Norblin De La Gourdaine
French, 1745-1830

About this artwork

Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine was a French artist who was primarily active in Poland. This searing Self-Portrait, made when the artist was 33, suggests the enormous influence of Rembrandt’s chiaroscuro drypoints and in particular his Self-Portrait at a Window of 1648 (available for viewing upon appointment in the Art Institute’s Department of Prints and Drawings).

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine

Title

Self-Portrait

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1773–1783

Medium

Etching, drypoint, and engraving in black on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 13.7 × 14.9 cm (5 7/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet: 14.6 × 15.8 cm (5 3/4 × 6 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

John H. Wrenn Memorial Endowment

Reference Number

2005.5

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