Self-Portrait
Jean Le Pautre
1674–1682
- 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.)
- Genre
- etching
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
engraving (printing process)printingprintprints and drawingetchingpaper (fiber product)
About
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.
