Jean-Étienne Liotard
The Small Self Portrait

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Artist Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss, 1702–1789)Swiss, 1702–1789

CultureSwiss

Titles

The Small Self Portrait

Datec. 1781

MediumMezzotint with etching and roulette on laid paper

DimensionsPlate: 7 5/8 × 6 1/4 in. (19.4 × 15.9 cm)
Sheet: 7 13/16 × 6 1/2 in. (19.8 × 16.5 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors, in honor of Gary Tinterow at "One Great Night in November, 2014"

Object number2014.841

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

PRINTS

ProvenanceCabinet des Estampes, Genève, Switzerland (duplicate stamp not in Lugt); Francois Heugel (b. 1922), Paris (Lugt 3373); unknown collection; [Susan Schulman Printseller, New York, by 2014]; purchased by MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto, bottom edge of sheet, center: [unidentified dry stamp]
Verso, ink stamp: CdE GENEVE DOUBLET
Verso, ink stamp: FH

Catalogue raisonnéTilanus 9 (described as only one state but there appear to be impresions taken prior to publication before number and letter of most of his prints.)

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