Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Self-Portrait
Alternate Title:
Autoritratto
Image View:
Overall view with frame
Creator:
Giuseppe Bossi (Italian painter, 1777-1815)
Location:
repository: Brera Museum (Milan, Lombardy, Italy) 541
Location Note:
Via Brera 28
GPS:
45.471944 9.188056
Date:
ca. 1810-1815 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Nineteenth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on wood panel
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
38 cm (height) x 30 cm (width)
Subjects:
portrait; self-portrait
Description:
Meant to be a private sketch, performed with fast, abbreviated and great expressive intensity. Given to the Brera in 1841 by Gaetano Cattaneo, Bossi's friend and fellow artist. Bossi was also a collector and writer. He held the post of secretary to the Accademia di Brera from 1801-1807, during which time he founded the Pinacoteca di Brera. (Source: Brera Pinacoteca [website]; http://pinacotecabre ra.org/en/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-BOSSI-SP-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Self-Portrait