The image shows an older man seated, turned to the side with one arm resting on a surface while the other hand touches his chin. His detailed face with expressive eyes, nose, and lips is framed by long, wavy hair under a cap. He wears a voluminous garment, and the background is plain. The engraving identifies the artist as I. E. Liotard and notes the technique as "Effet: Clair obscur sans sacrifice."
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Self-Portrait

Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss, 1702 - 1789)

1778/1780

Medium
roulette and engraving over mezzotint on laid paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
image: 43.3 × 37.7 cm (17 1/16 × 14 13/16 in.) ; plate: 48 × 40 cm (18 7/8 × 15 3/4 in.) ; sheet: 53.5 × 43.2 cm (21 1/16 × 17 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the National Gallery of Art