Self-Portrait
1638/40 | Peter Paul Rubens
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.
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.
Artist:
Peter Paul Rubens (1577 Siegen - 1640 Antwerpen) DNB
Depiction/Person:
Peter Paul Rubens (1577 Siegen - 1640 Antwerpen) DNB
Time:
1638/40
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Flemish
Material/technology:
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
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 527
Provenance
1691 Coll. Juan Gaspar Enríquez Alonso de Cabrera; 1720 documented in the gallery