Autoportret
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From the collection of National Museum of Art of Romania
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From the collection of National Museum of Art of Romania
Autoportret is an unspecified by Polcovnicul Nicolae, held at National Museum of Art of Romania.
This painting shows a man in a tall, dark hat with a green band. He’s wearing a brown vest over a white shirt, with a striped cravat at his neck. His hands rest on an open book, and the background is a dark, smoky color. The way light hits his face and the shadows around him make the colors pop. It looks like the artist used a technique to create strong contrasts between light and dark. Next, check out chiaroscuro to see how this effect works.
Nicolae Polcovnicul left two prints and one painting in our folder. In the print Soția artistului, Zamfira, cu copilul Ioan he shows his wife and infant son sitting together, the baby wrapped tight in swaddling. The…
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