Portrait of the Artist (Selbstbildnis)

1912

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Soft-ground etching and aquatint; seventh state
Dimensions: Plate: 5 1/2 × 3 7/8 in. (13.9 × 9.9 cm) Sheet: 12 15/16 × 9 5/8 in. (32.9 × 24.5 cm)
Collection no.: 23.103.4
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Portrait of the Artist (Selbstbildnis) — Käthe Kollwitz. 1912.

Medium: Soft-ground etching and aquatint; seventh state. Dimensions: Plate: 5 1/2 × 3 7/8 in. (13.9 × 9.9 cm) Sheet: 12 15/16 × 9 5/8 in. (32.9 × 24.5 cm).

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

Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1923.

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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