Self-Portrait with a Hat
Gustave Caillebotte
c. 1879
Medium
Graphite on off-white, medium-weight, moderately textured laid paper
Dimensions
49 × 31.5 cm (19 5/16 × 12 7/16 in.)
Classification
graphite
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
140080
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Born into a Parisian upper middle-class family, Gustave Caillebotte was attracted to the innovations of the young artists who became known as the Impressionists. He officially joined the group for their second exhibition, in April 1876, and then organized the exhibition of 1877, where he showed Paris Street; Rainy Day, his masterpiece.