Self-Portrait
1638/40, Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Self-Portrait
Despite his great success at court, Rubens always remained ambivalent about courtly life. In the final phase of his life he sought to be released from most of his diplomatic responsibilities. While he provided this portrait of his later years with the attributes of a courtly portrait, (the column, sword and glove), he paid more attention to individual facial features than was otherwise customary in a portrait of this type.
Object data
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Flemish
Dated
1638/40
Artist
Peter Paul Rubens (1577 Siegen - 1640 Antwerpen) - GND
Material
Canvas
Dimensions
110 cm x 85,5 cm x 2,4 cm
Framed: 138 cm x 113 cm x 13,5 cm
Signed
Inscription: P.P. RUBINS (!) on the left side of the column added later
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
Inv. No.
Gemäldegalerie, 527
Provenance
1691 Coll. Juan Gaspar Enríquez Alonso de Cabrera; 1720 documented in the gallery
Depiction/Person
Peter Paul Rubens (1577 Siegen - 1640 Antwerpen) - GND
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