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- Joseph Ducreux (1735-1802), connaissant les
limites du genre de l'autoportrait,
préfère ici inventer une image
inhabituelle, humoristique, le montrant
bâillant et s'étirant, avec la
satisfaction qui sied. Tenue
décontractée, qui bâille
aussi, couleurs vives, turban de nuit sur le
chef, aspect négligé, tout
concourt à faire partager
l'intimité du peintre. Voilà un
tableau original pour l'époque.
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- Peintre français de pastels et
d'estampes, Ducreux véut à Paris
de 1760 à 1762. Il paracheva sa technique
des pastels auprès du
célèbre Pierre-Jean
Mariette, le comte
de Caylus et Ange-Laurent
de La Live de Jully, qui copiaient
apparemment Maurice-Quentin de La Tour. Ducreux
est traditionnellement considéré
comme un des élève favori de de la
Tour, alors qu'il semble que ce soit
Jean-Baptiste Greuze qui l'initia à la
peinture à l'huile. Compte-tenu de son
âge il est probable que Ducreux
possédait déjà un bon
niveau quand il arriva à Paris.
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- Joseph Ducreux (1735-1802) experimented with
the traditional limitations of the genre of
self-portraiture by creating an expressive,
humorous, and rather unorthodox image of himself
stretching and yawning. Dressed informally in a
turban and bright red jacket, Ducreux, in the
midst of a huge yawn, opens his mouth wide,
contorting his face with the effort and
stretching his right arm toward the viewer.
Holding this exaggerated pose, his back sways
and his stomach pushes forward; his entire body
presses up close to the surface of the
picture.
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- Ducreux was interested in the study of
physiognomy and frequently used his own features
as a convenient means to observe various
expressions. In fact, he executed dozens of
similarly exaggerated self-portraits throughout
his career. A contemporary critic admired this
self-portrait for its warmth, color, and
expression, but later critics complained about
the repetition of the subject.
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- French painter, pastellist and engraver,
Ducreux lived in Paris from 1760 and from 1762
kept a list of his works. Among the portraits he
completed in his early years were those in
pastel of the well-known connoisseurs Pierre-Jean
Mariette, the Comte
de Caylus and Ange-Laurent
de La Live de Jully, which apparently were
copies after Maurice-Quentin de La Tour. Ducreux
has traditionally been seen as de La Tour's
favourite pupil, while Jean-Baptiste Greuze is
supposed to have initiated him into oil
painting. From his age, it can be assumed that
by the time Ducreux reached Paris he had already
acquired a grounding in his art.
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 - Self-Portrait As A Yawning Man, 1791
Estampe 46 x 61 cm
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 - Joseph Ducreux
- France, 1735-1802
- Le Discret, 1790
- Oil on aluminum panel (transfered
from canvas)
- Spencer
Museum of Art
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- auto-portrait vers1793
- huile sur lin , 91,5 x 72,5
cm
- Paris, Musée du Louvre,
Département des Peintures
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 - Man stretches whilst yawning, around
1830
- author unknown
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