Jean Pesne
Self-Portrait of Poussin (The Pointel-Cérisier Self-Portrait)

ArtistFrench, 1623–1700
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Self-Portrait of Poussin (The Pointel-Cérisier Self-Portrait)
Datec. 1661, after the painting of 1649
PlaceFrance
MediumEngraving and etching
Dimensions357 × 246 mm
Plate or block: 14 × 9 5/8 in. (35.6 × 24.4 cm)
Sheet (sheet): 14 1/16 × 9 11/16in. (35.7 × 24.6cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1996.15
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ProvenanceJames Bergquist, Boston; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1996.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscriptions: at upper center: NICOLAVS POVSSINVS ANDELIENSIS ACADEMICVS ROMANVS PRIMVS / PICTOR ORDINARIVS LVDOVICI IVSTI REGIS GALLIAE ANNO DOMINI / 1649. ROMAE. AETATIS SUAE. 55.; on spine of book: DE LVMINE ET COLORE; below image: cum Priuil Regis / Viro egregio D. Cerisier amico suo et fautori beneuolentissimo / Apographum hoc Jconici, ex ejus museo, archetypi, quo se ipsum quondam expressit ad viuum N. Poussin, omniu[m] / quos nostra tulit aetas, pictorum, Jure merito, celebratissimus; in mutui amoris et grati animi monimentum / J Pesne D C Q

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