Self-Portrait with Upraised Arm

ca. 1840

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Black and white chalk over graphite on papier bleuté, relined.
Dimensions: 13 7/8 × 11 1/2 in. (35.2 × 29.2 cm)
Collection no.: 1975.1.589
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Gustave Courbet. Self-Portrait with Upraised Arm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Self-Portrait with Upraised Arm — Gustave Courbet. ca. 1840.

Medium: Black and white chalk over graphite on papier bleuté, relined.. Dimensions: 13 7/8 × 11 1/2 in. (35.2 × 29.2 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

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.

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