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Self-Portrait

1824

François LePage

(French, 1796–1871)
Culture
France, School of Lyon, 19th century
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Framed: 51 x 42 x 4.5 cm (20 1/16 x 16 9/16 x 1 3/4 in.); Unframed: 41.3 x 32.8 cm (16 1/4 x 12 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee in honor of Henry Hawley 2004.17
Public Domain
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Location
202 French Neoclassical Decorative Arts
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In this self-portrait, Le Page is painting his specialty: flowers.

Description

François LePage belonged to a family of flower painters and worked in the French city of Lyon, which was famous for producing silk, particularly fabric with flower motifs. Flower painting was a specialty associated with the Lyon school of painting, and is a subject that requires both delicacy and dexterity, both of which are highlighted in this small self-portrait.
A vertically oriented oil painting depicts a man with light skin tone and wavy hair turned slightly to our right. He looks at us, wearing a white, full-sleeved shirt with a wide collar under a black vest. His right hand, poised over a floral panel, holds a thin brush. He sits against a solid, dark background at a table where a palette and jars are sharply defined in the foreground.

Self-Portrait

1824

François LePage

(French, 1796–1871)
France, School of Lyon, 19th century

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