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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1955.183
People
Copy after(?) Maurice-Quentin de La Tour, French (Saint-Quentin 1704 - 1788 Saint-Quentin)
Title
Self-Portrait
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296640

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pastel over traces of black chalk on blue antique laid paper
Dimensions
actual: 24.8 x 21 cm (9 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: bottom center, brown ink: Dessiné au pastel par De La Tour d'après luy meme

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles E. Dunlap
Accession Year
1955
Object Number
1955.183
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, Unicorn Press (London, 2006), p. 281

Verification Level

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