Self-Portrait

Henri Fantin-Latour

ca. 1858 · Oil on canvas, laid down on canvas · European Paintings

At the beginning of his career, between 1854 and 1861, Fantin-Latour executed a large number of self-portraits in chalk, charcoal, and oil. This example reveals his fascination with the work of Rembrandt and Courbet, who both used broad, rich strokes of paint and depicted forms as if they were emerging from an enveloping darkness.​

Artist

Henri Fantin-Latour

Date

ca. 1858

Medium

Oil on canvas, laid down on canvas

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1995