Self-Portrait in a Hat
- Medium
- black chalk, with stumping, heightened with traces of white gouache
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 21.6 x 17.5 cm (8 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.); Secondary Support: 21.6 x 17.5 cm (8 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.)
- Genre
- drawing
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
France, 18th century
About
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson created this self-portrait as a young man, in his 20s, while living in Italy after winning the prestigious Prix de Rome. The artist meets the viewer's gaze boldly and directly from underneath his distinctive hat. The drawing is one of several depictions that Girodet created of himself around this time and may have been intended as a gift by exchange for a colleague.
