This painting was long attributed to <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9odore_G%C3%A9ricault" title="Théodore Géricault">Théodore Géricault</a>. It is now thought to be a self-portrait by Alexandre Colin.
<bdi>Attributed to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Alexandre-Marie_Colin" class="extiw" title="w:en:Alexandre-Marie Colin"><span title="French painter (1798-1875)">Alexandre-Marie Colin</span></a>
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