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Selfportrait, called Le Silence (The Silence)
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    Selfportrait, called Le Silence (The Silence)

    TitleSelfportrait, called Le Silence (The Silence)
  • Technique/ MaterialOil on canvas
  • DimensionsDimensions: (h x b) 66,5 x 52,5 cm
  • DatingMade 1790s
  • Artist/Maker Artist: Joseph Ducreux, French, born 1735-06-26, dead 1802-07-24
  • Depicted PersonJoseph Ducreux, French, born 1735-06-26, dead 1802-07-24
  • CategoryPaintings, Paintings
  • Classificationpainting
  • Inventory No.NM 7495
  • AcquisitionInventarieförd 2019 (Inköp 2018 med Sophia Gieseckes donationsmedel)
    Description
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    When Joseph Ducreux was sent to Vienna in 1769 to paint Archduchess Marie-Antoinette’s portrait before her marriage to the French dauphin (the future Louis XVI), his fortune was assured. He was made a baron and appointed court painter. Ducreux specialised in portraits, in both pastels and oils. Fewer than 20 self-portraits are known, some six of them physiognomic in character. These two paintings are therefore very rare examples of his work.