1874
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Self-Portrait is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a bearded man looking down. His face is drawn with quick, rough lines, and his hair and beard are textured with scratchy strokes. The background is almost blank, letting the face stand out. The artist used a simple tool—soot or pencil—to make the marks. This kind of drawing is called a lithograph, where the image is drawn on a smooth stone. Look up lithography next to see how it works.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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