Self-portrait, replica of the one in the Uffizi Museum

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Portrait en buste d'un homme de profil portant une toque et un manteau noir.
HENNER Jean-Jacques, Autoportrait, 1877, huile sur toile (Florence, musée des Offices) JJHD 305 : Autoportrait à la toque Copie par Germaine Dawis, exposée en novembre 1907 à la galerie Danthon © Jean-Jacques Henner, Self-portrait. Replica, ca. 1877 © RMN-Grand Palais / Franck Raux

This self-portrait shows a 48-year-old artist proud of his success. Henner was present at the Salon, exhibited at the Musée du Luxembourg and had enjoyed a certain popularity since L'Alsace. Elle attend (1871). He wears the rosette of the Légion d'honneur on the reverse of his collar, obtained in 1873.

This painting, which Henner kept in his studio, is an inverted replica of the one the Uffizi Museum in Florence commissioned from him in 1873 so that his portrait would be

[...] preserved[e] forever in this Pantheon of painting.

Jean-Jacques Henner

Artists

Jean-Jacques Henner

Materials and techniques

Oil on canvas

Origin and date

circa 1877

Size

46.4 cm x 38.5 cm

Inventory number

JJHP1972-12

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