# Self-Portrait, in John Flaxman

John Flaxman painted this in about 1779, aged about 20. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Our note:

> John Flaxman drew himself in red chalk around 1779, in his mid-twenties, when he was designing reliefs and portrait medallions for Josiah Wedgwood’s pottery.

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## The work

- Date: c. 1779
- Medium: Red chalk on cream laid paper
- Dimensions: 30.6 × 17.5 cm (12 1/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
- Type: Drawing and Watercolor
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1924.122
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[John Flaxman](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/john-flaxman), English, 1755–1826

Flaxman trained at the Royal Academy Schools and first made his name modelling designs for Josiah Wedgwood’s jasperware.

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