Self Portrait ('L'Homme à la Ceinture de Cuir')
Artist
After Gustave Courbet
(1819-1877)
Dateafter 1880
MediumOil on millboard
Dimensions45 × 37.8 cm
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineSir Hugh Lane Bequest, 1917, The National Gallery, London. In partnership with Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin.
Object number3240
DescriptionSelf Portrait (Man with a Leather Belt) which was bought by Hugh Lane for 4,500 francs in 1912 is a smaller version of Courbet’s self-portrait now in the Musee d’Orsay, Paris. A study of a hand holding a chair or stake is on the reverse of NG 3240. This painting was long considered to be Courbet's own reduced replica of his self portrait, 'L’Homme à la Ceinture de Cuir', now in the Musée d’Orsay, Paris. However, recent analysis of the materials and techniques used in creating the work indicated that the painting was very likely produced after Courbet’s death, and thus cannot be by him. See National Gallery London, Close Examination: Fakes, Mistakes and Discoveries (2010).
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