Self-Portrait

About the Artwork

Lié Louis Périn painted many self-portraits, but rarely ever at full scale. The son of a cloth manufacturer from Rheims, Périn left the countryside for Paris to pursue a career in miniature painting. Although he enjoyed a fast-growing reputation as a miniaturist among Parisian aristocracy, a full-scale self-portrait provided an opportunity to display his skills unhampered by the demands of a commissioned picture or painting in a miniature format.

Provenance

-1961: Carrie B. Moss Halle (1871-1965), Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1961-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Exhibition history

Year in Review - 1962. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962). Year in Review: 1965. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27-November 14, 1965). Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-October 17, 1993).

Quick Overview

Artist: Lié Louis Périn (French, 1753–1817)
Date: c. 1790s
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: Framed: 78 x 67 x 7 cm (30 11/16 x 26 3/8 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 64.4 x 53.2 cm (25 3/8 x 20 15/16 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: Painting
Department: European Painting and Sculpture
Credit line: Gift of Carrie Moss Halle in memory of Salmon Portland Halle
Accession no.: 1961.334

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.