Self-Portrait
Jean Le Pautre · after 1674 · Art Institute of Chicago
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Jean Le Pautre was a prolific printmaker who was known primarily for his ornamental and decorative works in the tradition of Jacques Callot and Stefano della Bella. Le Pautre's numerous prints depict every imaginable subject. This highly decorative, fanciful self-portrait shows him holding a portfolio; the image is set against a larger composition of antique subject matter, with the genius of the artist pursuing those envious of his talent on the right.
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Details
- Maker
- Jean Lepautre, French, 1618-1682
- Date
- after 1674
- Medium
- Etching and engraving in black on off-white laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 20.8 × 29.2 cm (8 1/4 × 11 1/2 in.); Plate: 21.5 × 30 cm (8 1/2 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 24.5 × 32.5 cm (9 11/16 × 12 13/16 in.)
- Place of origin
- France
- Held by
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
- Credit line
- Prints and Drawings Purchase Fund
Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
