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Source Description
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.
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Document identity
localId
149429
label
Self-Portrait in a Hat
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obj
dtoType
drawing
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1
Source metadata
id
149429
contentType
drawing
title
Self-Portrait in a Hat
description
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.
date
c. 1790
citation
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79930688
creators
1697
genreSpecific
Drawing
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
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.)
cul
France, 18th century
accession
1978.79
Source extras
tec
black chalk, with stumping, heightened with traces of white gouache
tombstone
Self-Portrait in a Hat, c. 1790. Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (French, 1767–1824). Black chalk, with stumping, heightened with traces of white gouache; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden Fund, 1978.79
supportMaterials
description
light gray wove paper laid down on beige(1) wove paper
collection
DR - French
inscriptions
inscription
VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, upper left, in graphite: 13/45 [5 written over a numeral 4]
didYouKnow
Self-portraiture was a common practice among the young artists who, like Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson, worked in the studio of the acclaimed history painter Jacques-Louis David.
citations
citation
Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1978.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 66, no. 1 (January 1979): 3–47.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 19; Mentioned: p. 43, no. 49
citation
Champion, Jean-Loup. "A Theater of Mirrors: Girodet's Self-Portraits." In <em>Girodet, 1767-1824</em>. Sylvain Bellenger, ed. Exh. Cat. Paris: Gallimard, 2006.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 98-99
citation
Arasa, Yaelle. <em>Davidiennes: Les Femmes Peintres de l'Atelier de Jacques-Louis David (1768-1825)</em>. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2019.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 124-125
creditline
Delia E. Holden Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:41:47.682000
sourceId
149429
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Drawings
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DR - French
med
black chalk, with stumping, heightened with traces of white gouache
creatorTags
male
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Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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