Self-portrait
Joseph Kyle
ca. 1859
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
17 x 14 in. (43.2 x 35.6 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Miss Louise Sherman Kyle, 1906
Accession Number
06.1311
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
MenSelf-portraits
About the Artist
Joseph Kyle · 1815–1863
Joseph Kyle (1815–1863) was a prominent American portrait painter and pioneering panorama artist, born in Clermont County, Ohio, where he was orphaned at an early age. His artistic training began in Cincinnati before he relocated to Philadelphia around 1834, studying under the esteemed portraitists Thomas Sully and Bass Otis. There, Kyle honed his skills in meticulous oil portraiture, capturing li...