# Self Portrait

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/roland-philippe-laurent-r9e90c480ddcee1/self-portrait-r51dcbc5caa108c>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [ROLAND, Philippe-Laurent](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/roland-philippe-laurent-r9e90c480ddcee1>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Marble, height 53 cm

## Commentary

As a portraitist, Roland is admired for the naturalistic, sympathetic rendering of his subjects in an advanced Neoclassical style, as is evident in his self-portrait. The portrait, though austere, shows a lean man with intelligent, well-knit features and a direct gaze.

## Related artworks

- [Old Man Sleeping](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/roland-philippe-laurent-r9e90c480ddcee1/old-man-sleeping-r7d3003ca0af5a4>)
- [Sleeping Boy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/roland-philippe-laurent-r9e90c480ddcee1/sleeping-boy-rb4f40a490b1025>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)