Self-portrait of katherine (ou catherine) read. Woman. The work has been recognized as alluding to maurice quentin de la tour's self-portrait known as l'homme qui rit, or autoportrait à l'index (original exhibited at the salon of 1737. She has retained la tour's conventional yet ambiguous framing of the figure in an oval. Object Type: painting. Genre: self-portrait. Date: before 1750. Dimensions: height: 63.5 cm (25 in) ; width: 48 cm (18.8 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Catherine Read. Collection: Private collection, United Kingdom. Katherine Read - self-portrait