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Artwork Tombstone
ArtistJean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824–1904)
TitleSelf Portrait (Autoportrait)
DateCa. 1844
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFramed: 28 1/8 × 23 1/2 × 3 7/8 in. (71.4 × 59.7 × 9.8 cm)
Stretcher: 21 5/8 x 17 1/2 in. (54.9 x 44.5 cm)
Credit LineEskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number81.5
This artwork is currently on view.
A portrait of a man dressed in black looking to his left. He has dark hair that falls just below his ears and his eyebrows are slightly raised. He is wearing a white collar and is seated against an oval gray background with a black border that forms the rectangular canvas.

A portrait of a man dressed in black looking to his left. He has dark hair that falls just below his ears and his eyebrows are slightly raised. He is wearing a white collar and is seated against an oval gray background with a black border that forms the rectangular canvas.

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"Self Portrait | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=81.5