Self-Portrait
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 8.9 × 7.8 cm (3 1/2 × 3 1/16 in.) sheet: 9 × 8 cm (3 9/16 × 3 1/8 in.) mount: 25.7 × 19.3 cm (10 1/8 × 7 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Purchased as the gift of Dewayne and Faith Perry
Accession Number
2015.74.7
About the Artist
Johann Andreas Benjamin Nothnagel · 1729–1804
Johann Andreas Benjamin Nothnagel (1729–1804) was a German painter, etcher, and commercial artist who successfully bridged the worlds of fine art and commercial manufacturing while developing a distinctive etching style that emulated Rembrandt's expressive techniques. Born in March 1729 in Buch am Forst in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Nothnagel's career exemplifies the 18th-century artist-entrepreneu...