Jean Pesne (1623 - 1700): Self-portrait of Nicolas Poussin, known as Self-portrait Pointel-Cerisier - 1659

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Etching and engraving, 352 x 245 mm. Robert-Dumesnil 6, 1st state (of 2); Le Blanc 96.

Impression of the 2nd state (of 2) with the address of Gérard Audran (1640 - 1703). In very good condition, good margins.

The name of the Self-portrait Pointel-Cerisier comes from that of a friend of Poussin, Jean Pointel, banker, silk merchant, and his associate, Jacques Serisier (or Cerisier). Between 1649 and 1650, Poussin produced his only painted two self-portraits, one of which he intended for his friend Paul Fréart de Chantelou, and the other for Jean Pointel. The first self-portrait is kept at the Louvre Museum (inv. 7302), the second at the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Ident. Nr. 1488). Both self-portraits were etched by Jean Pesne.