The Large Self-Portrait

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jean Etienne Liotard

Title

The Large Self-Portrait

Place

Switzerland (Artist's nationality:)

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1778–1781

Medium

Etching, roulette, and mezzotint in black on cream laid paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso, upper right, in graphite: “Portrait de J.E. Liotard / gravé par lui-même"; upper right, in pen and brown ink: "n°15"

Dimensions

Sheet: 46.6 × 39.4 cm (18 3/8 × 15 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund

Reference Number

2022.273

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