Detail View: The AMICA Library: Portrait of the Painter
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.34.134
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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La Farge, John
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1835-1910
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Creator Name-CRT:
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John La Farge
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Title:
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Portrait of the Painter
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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1859
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Creation Start Date:
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1859
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Creation End Date:
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1859
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Materials and Techniques:
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Oil on wood panel
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Dimensions:
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16 1/16 x 11 1/2 in. (40.8 x 29.2 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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34.134
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Credit Line:
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Samuel D. Lee Fund, 1934
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Rights:
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Context:
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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. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.ap34.134.R.tif
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