499904 Self-Portrait in Rome, 1832 (oil on fabric) by Vernet, Emile Jean Horace (1789-1863); 78.5x67 (framed) 65x54.2 (unframed) cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Vernet stands before the Villa Medici, seat of the French Academy in Rome, where he was director from 1829 to 1835. The palette, brushes, and maulstick on the stepladder hint at his talent for painting large canvases. The artist??? sideward glance, disheveled hair, and burning cigarette lend him a romantic aura. The recipient of numerous commissions for military paintings, Vernet was patronized by J矇r繫me Bonaparte (the youngest brother of Napoleon) and later taught at the ?cole des Beaux-Arts.); Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund; French, out of copyright.