François lepage belonged to a family of flower painters and worked in the french city of lyon, which was famous for producing silk, particularly fabric with flower motifs. Flower painting was a specialty associated with the lyon school of painting, and is a subject that requires both delicacy and dexterity, both of which are highlighted in this small self-portrait. Object Type: painting. Genre: self-portrait. Date: 1824. Place of creation: France, School of Lyon, 19th century. Dimensions: Framed: 51 x 42 x 4.5 cm (20 1/16 x 16 9/16 x 1 3/4 in.); Unframed: 41.3 x 32.8 cm (16 1/4 x 12 15/16 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: François Lepage. Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art. Clevelandart 2004.17
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