The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 14, 2025
Self-Portrait
c. 1890–91
(French, 1830–1903)
Matted: 40.8 x 35.6 cm (16 1/16 x 14 in.); Image: 18.7 x 17.8 cm (7 3/8 x 7 in.); Sheet: 34.7 x 27.4 cm (13 11/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 2023.119
Catalogue raisonné: Delteil 90; Shapiro 34
Location: Not on view
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The rich, inky darkness of the print’s background contrasts with the softer tones of the artist’s hat and face, revealing Pissarro’s interest in the work of Rembrandt van Rijn, especially the northern artist’s self-portraiture.Description
This print is one of Camille Pissarro’s few self-portraits and his only etched one. Made when he was around 60 years old, Pissarro presents himself as an aged and bearded artist wearing a soft hat and peering out of the picture frame through his half-moon spectacles. Pissarro made only 28 impressions of the print during his lifetime, most of which he gave to friends and family members.- Shapiro, Barbara Stern. “Self-Portrait, 1890-1.” In Pissarro: Camille Pissarro 1830-1903: Hayward Gallery, London 30 October 1980-11 January 1981, Grand Palais, Paris 30 January-27 April 1981, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 19 May-9 August 1981. Exh. Cat. London and Boston: Arts Council of Great Britain and Museum of Fine Arts, 1980 Mentioned, p. 217, no, 134.Mayor, A. Hyatt, Anthony Blunt, and Adam von Bartsch. Le Peintre Graveur Illustré: Illustrations to Adam Bartsch's Le Peintre Graveur, Volumes XII-XXI. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1971. Vol. 17, mentioned (unpaginated), no. 90.Shapiro, Barbara Stern. Camille Pissarro; The Impressionist Printmaker. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1973. Mentioned (unpaginated), no. 34.Johnson, R. Stanley. “Pissarro’s ‘Self-Portrait’.” Print Quarterly 27, no. 3 (September 2010). p. 283-285
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