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Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait is an oil painting by the Impressionist artist Mattheus Ignatius van Bree. It is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
About this work
Subject & Meaning
The painting is a self-portrait depicting its own creator, Mattheus Ignatius van Bree, as the main subject.
The painting is a self-portrait depicting its own creator, Mattheus Ignatius van Bree, as the main subject. As a self-portrait, the work functions as a personal artistic statement, presenting the artist himself rather than an external sitter, and thereby representing his self-constructed identity as a painter.
Executed in oil paint on a small panel, the modest scale of the composition focuses attention on the artist's likeness and presence rather than on elaborate setting or attributes. Because the work is catalogued specifically as a self-portrait, the iconography centers on the figure of van Bree himself, with no additional symbolic elements documented in the available records.
Technique & Style
Executed in 1900, this self-portrait by Mattheus Ignatius van Bree is an oil painting on panel. The work measures 15.2 cm in height and 14.9 cm in width. As a portrait genre piece, it depicts the artist himself as the primary subject.
The application of oil paint on a wooden support reflects traditional methods utilized by the artist at the turn of the twentieth century.
History & Provenance
Self-Portrait is an oil painting created in 1900 by Mattheus Ignatius van Bree. The work measures 15.2 cm in height and 14.9 cm in width and depicts the artist himself. It was owned by Victor de Stuers and is part of the collection at the Rijksmuseum.
The painting was created as a self-representation and was later incorporated into the Rijksmuseum's holdings, reflecting a continuous ownership chain from its creation to the present.
Self-Portrait is an oil painting on panel measuring 15.2 cm by 14.9 cm, created in 1900 by Mattheus Ignatius van Bree. The work is housed in the Rijksmuseum under inventory number SK-A-1234 and was previously owned by Victor de Stuers.
Overview
Created at the turn of the twentieth century, this oil on canvas presents the Belgian artist Mattheus Ignatius van Bree looking sideways toward the viewer’s right. Rendered in a warm, golden backdrop, the work captures the painter in a modest pose, his expression neutral, his curly brown hair and dark jacket contrasted with a crisp white shirt.
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Artist
Mattheus Ignatius van Bree (Antwerp, 1773 – Antwerp, 1839) was a Belgian painter.
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