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Source Description
In this self-portrait, Hippolyte Petitjean depicted himself standing before an easel while gazing directly at the viewer. The drawing is one of five representations of himself that the artist created late in his career based on his admiration for Rembrandt van Rijn. Petitjean was deeply influenced by the anarchist writer Charles-Albert, who argued for the utopian potential of artmaking, suggesting that the work was meant as a broader statement about the place of the artist within contemporary society.
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Document identity
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437876
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Self-Portrait at Easel
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drawing
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437876
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drawing
title
Self-Portrait at Easel
description
In this self-portrait, Hippolyte Petitjean depicted himself standing before an easel while gazing directly at the viewer. The drawing is one of five representations of himself that the artist created late in his career based on his admiration for Rembrandt van Rijn. Petitjean was deeply influenced by the anarchist writer Charles-Albert, who argued for the utopian potential of artmaking, suggesting that the work was meant as a broader statement about the place of the artist within contemporary society.
date
1897
citation
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q117246627
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437873
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 62 x 47.7 cm (24 7/16 x 18 3/4 in.)
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France
accession
2021.6
Source extras
tec
conté crayon with charcoal on laid paper
tombstone
Self-Portrait at Easel, 1897. Hippolyte Petitjean (French, 1854–1929). Conté crayon with charcoal on laid paper; sheet: 62 x 47.7 cm (24 7/16 x 18 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 2021.6
supportMaterials
description
laid paper
watermarks
ED & Cie. / PL BAS
collection
DR - French
inscriptions
inscription
inscribed, upper right, in conté crayon: HP [artist’s monogram] / 1897; watermark, bottom center: ED & Cie. / PL BAS
didYouKnow
Hippolyte Petitjean met the artist Georges Seurat in 1884, and the two worked closely on a distinctive style of drawing using waxy black conté crayon.
citations
citation
<em>De Vallotton à Desnos</em>. Exh. cat. Vevey: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Vevey, 1965.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: no. 88.
citation
<em>Les Indépendants à la Belle Époque: Ni jury ni récompenses</em>. Exh. cat. Paris: Grand Palais, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: n.p.
citation
Sutter, Jean. <em>The Neo-Impressionists</em>. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society Ltd., 1970.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 143
citation
Lapalus, Marie. <em>Hippolyte Petitjean, 1854–1929</em>. Exh. cat. Mâcon: Musées de Mâcon, 2015.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 49
citation
Salsbury, Britany. <em>Nineteenth-Century French Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Lewes, UK, Cleveland, Ohio: GILES; Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 182-183, no. 38
creditline
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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2026-05-29 09:00:03.415000
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437876
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Drawings
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DR - French
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conté crayon with charcoal on laid paper
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male
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