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autoportrait en peinture d'un jeune homme
HENNER Jean-Jacques (Bernwiller, 1829 - Paris, 1905) 1847, Bernwiller © Jean-Jacques Henner, Self-portrait, 1847 © RMN-Grand Palais / Franck Raux

This self-portrait is dated 1847. At the time, Henner was 18 and in his second year of training in Paris at Michel-Martin Drölling's studio.

This work shows a determined young man, depicted against a dark background in the image of Renaissance painters, with his cap pushed down over his head. The young Henner asserts himself as a promising artist...