Thomas EakinsAmerican, 1844–1916Self-Portrait
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “Self-Portrait” now? Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Not on view at present. Checked November 11, 2026.
New York, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 1985.1027.20
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Open Access (CC0)
In the life of Thomas Eakins
The whole life1870–1916 · Workplace
Philadelphia
1891
Equestrian reliefs for an arch in Brooklyn
Acknowledging Eakins's expertise in equine anatomy, his friend the sculptor William Rudolf O'Donovan asked him to collaborate on the commission for bronze equestrian reliefs of Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant for the Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch in Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn.
March 1895
Dismissed by the Drexel Institute
The Drexel Institute dismissed Eakins for again using a fully nude male model. By 1898 he had gradually withdrawn from teaching, which he had also done at the Art Students League of New York, the National Academy of Design, Cooper Union and the Art Students' Guild in Washington.
