Self-Portrait
1893
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1893
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Self-Portrait is a 1893 by Jean-François Raffaëlli, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a bearded man in a loose jacket, looking slightly off to the side. His face is drawn with quick, sketchy lines, and the background is just empty paper. The artist used lots of cross-hatching—tiny overlapping strokes—to shade in his beard and collar. The signature in the corner says "Raffaëlli," which matches the artist’s name in the facts. This style of fast, rough drawing was common in Impressionism, where artists often worked quickly to capture light and mood. Check out Jean-François Raffaëlli to see more of his sketchy, expressive portraits.
