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Cass, <EM>In the studio: the making of art in nineteenth-century France: exhibition and catalogue</EM>, (Williamstown: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1981). ","citation":"David B. Cass, <EM>In the studio: the making of art in nineteenth-century France: exhibition and catalogue</EM>, (Williamstown: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1981). , no. 8","date":1981,"id":5514,"uri":"https://search.worldcat.org/title/8495184"},{"boilertext":"David B. Cass, <em>Alexandre Gabriel Decamps, 1803-1860: exhibition and catalogue</em>, (Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1984).","citation":"David B. Cass, <em>Alexandre Gabriel Decamps, 1803-1860: exhibition and catalogue</em>, (Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1984)., cat. no. 27","date":1984,"id":5515,"uri":"https://search.worldcat.org/title/11676694"}],"nowebuse":"False","periods":[],"department":"Prints and Drawings","attribute_groups":[{"id":2199327,"term":"Prints and Drawings","termtype":"Collecting Area"}],"daterange":"A.D. 1800-1850","dateend":1840,"depicted":[],"titles":[{"title":"Self-Portrait","titletype":"Published","displayorder":2}],"hasimage":"true","creditlinerepro":null,"objectnumber":"x1948-1245","inscribed":"in graphite, lower left: 19 p. g L- 16 p. 1/2","texts":[{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Gallery Label","textentryhtml":"Following his extensive travels throughout the Near East in 1828, Decamps—the first French artist to make such a journey—became known primarily as a romantic painter of Oriental subjects. The indifferent reception his canvases initially received in the Paris Salon, however, tempted him to consider briefly a career as a lithographer and caricaturist. His talent as a clever draftsman and bold colorist are evident in this self-portrait, drawn once Decamps had become confident of his skill.","remarks":"K5-6_May2013.pdf, also used for K4-6Febraury 2015 rotation "},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"<p>1926, Vente x, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, February 26, no. 7.</p><p>Dan Fellows Platt;</p><p>Bequeathed to the Princeton University Art Museum</p>","remarks":null}],"datebegin":1830,"sortnumber":"1948 1245x","published_date":"2026-02-11 07:47:52.234259","objectid":6505,"dimensions":"34.8 x 25.5 cm (13 11/16 x 10 1/16 in.)","on_view":false}