Self-portrait
ca. 1820s
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 24 5/8 × 18 1/2 in. (62.5 × 47 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1934
Accession Number
34.98.5
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About this artwork
This lithograph presents a self-portrait of the artist Aleksandr Orlovsky, created in the 1820s during the pioneering period of lithography in Russia. The portrait shows the artist's features with the realistic manner characteristic of early 19th-century Russian portrait lithography, revealing the artist through simple external form. Orlovsky rendered himself with careful attention to facial features and expression, demonstrating the medium's capacity for subtle tonal gradations. Aleksandr Orlov...