Horace Vernet, Self-Portrait in Rome
Marlatt Fund, 1977.171 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Horace Vernet

Self-Portrait in Rome

1832

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
65 × 54.2 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-109850

Vernet stands before the Villa Medici, seat of the French Academy in Rome, where he was director from 1829 to 1835. The palette, brushes, and maulstick on the stepladder hint at his talent for painting large canvases. The artist's sideward glance, disheveled hair, and burning cigarette lend him a romantic aura. The recipient of numerous commissions for military paintings, Vernet was patronized by Jérôme Bonaparte (the youngest brother of Napoleon) and later taught at the École des Beaux-Arts.

Provenance

Marlatt Fund, 1977.171

Registry history

  • 1832 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

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