Self-Portrait of Maurice-Quentin de La Tour
date: label: Date
content: 1742
name: label: Print Maker
content: Georg Friedrich Schmidt, French school, 1712 - 1775
label: After
content: Maurice-Quentin de La Tour, 1704 – 1788
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Bust-length portrait of the artist, turned toward the left, looking out at the spectator. Enclosed in the architectural enframement of a window, his left arm rests on the sill, the hand pointed to the left. Inscription below, in frame: "Peint par De La Tour/et Gravé/Par son ami Schmidt/en 1742." Address in margin below.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: made in
content: Paris
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of George Campbell Cooper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1896-3-232
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Plate: 48.1 × 34.9 cm (18 15/16 × 13 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Paper: 48.9 × 35.7 cm (19 1/4 × 14 1/16 in.)