Updated 08 October 2025
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Self-Portrait
| Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
|---|---|
| Size（cm） | 30 x 26 |
| Inscriptions | Signed lower left: Fantin [?] |
| Credit Line | Purchased with funds donated by Mr. Ichio Soejima (ex-Matsukata Collection) |
| Standard ref. | M459 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.2010-0008 |
Provenance
Purchased by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite, ca. June 1920 (Fr. 7,500) [see letter from Léonce Bénédite to Suzuki & Co., dated 4 June 1920, in the Bibliothèque centrale des musées nationaux, Paris (copy in NMWA curatorial file)]; [?] pledged by Matsukata to save his business, Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Ltd., Kobe and then seized by Jugo Bank, Tokyo, 1927; Hōraishokusan & Co., Tokyo; private collection, Tokyo; purchased by NMWA, 2011.
Exhibition History
- 1989
- The Old Matsukata Collection, Kobe City Museum, 14 September 1989 - 26 November 1989, cat. no. 31, col. repr.
- 2016
- The Old Matsukata Collection: Reenvisioning the Dream, Kobe City Museum, 17 September 2016 - 24 November 2016, cat. no. 34, col. repr.
Bibliography
- 1977
- Lucie-Smith, Edward. Fantin-Latour. Oxford, Phaidon, 1977, p. 148.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 650.
- 2012
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 45 (Apr. 2010-Mar. 2011), 2012, List of New Acquisitions. p. 55.
- 2016
- The Old Matsukata Collection: Reenvisioning the Dream (exh. cat.). Kobe City Museum, ed. [Kobe], Executive Committee of the Old Matsukata Collection, 2016, pp. 73, 254, cat. no. 34, col. repr.
- 2018
- The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of the European Art. Kawaguchi, Masako; Jingaoka, Megumi, eds. vol. 1: Paintings, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2018, cat. no. 459, col. repr.