Self-Portrait (David)

Self-Portrait
French: Autoportrait
ArtistJacques-Louis David
Year1794
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions81 cm × 64 cm (32 in × 25 in)
LocationLouvre, Paris

Self-Portrait (in French: Autoportrait) is the title of a self-portrait painted by the artist Jacques-Louis David in 1794 while in imprisoned at the Hôtel des Fermes for having supported the Robespierreans. It was his third and last self-portrait. He gave the work to his former student Jean-Baptiste Isabey. It entered the collections of the Louvre in 1852 (inv. 3705).[1]

  1. ^ Schnapper, Antoine; Sérullaz, Arlette (1989). Jacques-Louis David: 1748-1825 Musée du Louvre, Département des peintures, Paris, Musée national du château, Versailles, 26 octobre 1989-12 février 1990. Musée du Louvre, Musée national du Château de Versailles et de Trianon. Paris: Ed. de la Réunion des musées nationaux. p. 304. ISBN 978-2-7118-2258-4.