# Self-Portrait before the Easel

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SUBLEYRAS, Pierre](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/subleyras-pierre-r7430704bc3b7ac>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 125 x 99 cm

## Commentary

This self-portrait is painted on the ungrounded reverse of the Studio of the Painter. It was discovered only in 1968 when the old canvas relining was removed. It is almost life-sized, not entirely finished and the composition does not follow any iconographical conventions.

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## Attribution

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