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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.

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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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