Self-Portrait with a Black Dog
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| Artist | Gustave Courbet |
| Year | 1842-1844 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 46.3 cm × 55.5 cm (18.2 in × 21.9 in) |
| Location | Petit Palais, Paris |
Self-Portrait with a Black Dog, Portrait of the Artist or Courbet with a Black Dog (French: Courbet au chien noir) is an 1842 oil-on-canvas painting by the French artist Gustave Courbet, retouched by the artist in 1844. It is now in the Petit Palais in Paris.
This painting was one of the first by Courbet to be accepted at the Paris Salon. In the official catalog of the exhibition, opened in March 1844 at the Louvre Palace, it appears under number 414, with the title Portrait of the Author. Of the three paintings that he submitted, only this one was accepted.[1]
Analysis of the canvas reveals that it is the result of a re-use. Thus, we see on the contours the traces of a coat hanger, so as to present the painting in a rounded form. It is assumed that this painting was presented to the Salon public in the slightly rounded form. The artist is seen di sotto, involving a sunken viewer, suggesting that the painting may have been intended for an overdoor.[2]