COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.34.134
AMICA Library Year:
2000
Object Type:
Paintings
Creator Name:
La Farge, John
Creator Role:
Artist
Creator Dates/Places:
1835-1910
Creator Name-CRT:
John La Farge
Title:
Portrait of the Painter
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
1859
Creation Start Date:
1859
Creation End Date:
1859
Materials and Techniques:
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions:
16 1/16 x 11 1/2 in. (40.8 x 29.2 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
34.134
Credit Line:
Samuel D. Lee Fund, 1934
Context:
This self-portrait, which La Farge painted in October 1859 at his family's estate in Glen Cove, Long Island, reflects his use of a photograph as a pictorial source; his appreciation of the unmodulated shapes and flattened space of Japanese prints; his reliance on broad tonal masses in the manner of his teachers, Thomas Couture and William Morris Hunt; and his experiments in plein-air landscape painting. The artist portrays himself as a landscapist ready to embark on a painting expedition.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.ap34.134.R.tif
