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Self-Portrait, 1865–66. Oil on canvas.

Oil on canvas · 108.9 × 71.1 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Impressionism

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Museum title: Self-Portrait
Artist: Frédéric Bazille (French, 1841-1870)
Date: 1865–66
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 108.9 × 71.1 cm (42 7/8 × 28 3/8 in.); Framed: 136.3 × 100.4 × 10.8 cm (53 5/8 × 39 1/2 × 4 1/4 in.)
Credit line: Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Woods in memory of Mrs. Edward Harris Brewer
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1841–1870

Impressionism c. 1860–1900

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.