Skip to content

CHARDIN, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon: Self-Portrait with an Eyeshade

🖼 Self-Portrait with an Eyeshade, 1775
Pastel on blue paper
46 × 38 cm
Paris, France

Soft light models a contemplative face framed by an eyeshade, rendered in muted pastels with delicate brushwork. Chardin's intimate self-examination captures aging dignity and artistic introspection, challenging portrait conventions through humble realism rather than flattery.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
tap to buy ↗
We recommend Bookshop.org — supports independent bookstores
We recommend Bookshop.org — supports independent bookstores