Jean Pierre Norblin De La Gourdaine
French, 1745-1830
Self-Portrait
INV-1832
Jean Pierre Norblin De La Gourdaine
French, 1745-1830c. 1778
etchingengraving
Date
c. 1778
Medium
Etching, drypoint, and engraving in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 13.7 × 14.9 cm (5 7/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet: 14.6 × 15.8 cm (5 3/4 × 6 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
John H. Wrenn Memorial Endowment
Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine was a French artist who was primarily active in Poland. This searing Self-Portrait, made when the artist was 33, suggests the enormous influence of Rembrandt's chiaroscuro drypoints and in particular his Self-Portrait at a Window of 1648 (available for viewing upon appointment in the Art Institute's Department of Prints and Drawings).
Also notable
Works in the same vein
Study for The Oath of the Tennis Court: Bailly Standing on the Desk, Asking for a Vote
Jean Pierre Norblin De La Gourdaine (French, 1745-1830) after Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748-1825)
Beggar Woman
Jean Pierre Norblin De La Gourdaine French, 1745-1830
Studies after the Oath of the Tennis Court (recto); Studies after the Oath of the Tennis Court: Group with Maupetit de la Mayenne Carried by His Two Sons (verso)
Jean Pierre Norblin De La Gourdaine (French, 1745-1830) after Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748-1825)
