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Self-Portrait, 1863. Oil on millboard.
Oil on millboard · 39.4 × 30.5 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Realism
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- Museum title
- Self-Portrait
- Artist
- Eastman Johnson (American, 1824–1906)
- Date
- 1863
- Medium
- Oil on millboard
- Dimensions
- 39.4 × 30.5 cm (15 1/2 × 12 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Arthur Meeker
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.