Art, literature & historySelf-Portrait with a Hat
c. 1879
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Graphite on off-white, medium-weight, moderately textured laid paper
- Dimensions
- 49 × 31.5 cm (19 5/16 × 12 7/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1995.189
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Self-Portrait with a Hat — Gustave Caillebotte. c. 1879.
Medium: Graphite on off-white, medium-weight, moderately textured laid paper. Dimensions: 49 × 31.5 cm (19 5/16 × 12 7/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Born into a Parisian upper middle-class family, Gustave Caillebotte was attracted to the innovations of the young artists who became known as the Impressionists. He officially joined the group for their second exhibition, in April 1876, and then organized the exhibition of 1877, where he showed Paris Street; Rainy Day , his masterpiece.
Description: © Art Institute of Chicago, original record, CC BY 4.0. HTML formatting removed; wording retained. Other artwork metadata: CC0.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.