Self-Portrait (Reynolds)
| Self-Portrait | |
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| Artist | Joshua Reynolds |
| Year | 1780 |
| Medium | Oil on panel, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 127 cm × 101.6 cm (50 in × 40.0 in) |
| Location | Royal Academy, London |
Self-portrait is a 1780 oil on panel self portrait by the British artist Sir Joshua Reynolds.[1] Reynolds was a leading portraitist and had been President of the Royal Academy since its foundation in 1768. He produced a number of self-portraits during his long career, possibly inspired by the Old Master Rembrandt whose stance he imitates in the portrait.[2] Reynolds is shown wearing the robes of the Doctorate of Civil Law which had been bestowed on him by Oxford University in 1773. Besides him is a bust of Michelangelo by Daniele da Volterra.[3]
The painting was produced to hang in the Academy's new assembly room at Somerset House. It was hung alongside Reynold's Portrait of Sir William Chambers which functioned as a companion piece Chambers was an influential member of the Academy and drawn up the new design for the new headquarters .[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Cullen p.96
- ^ Sturgis p.46
- ^ Wendorf p.43
- ^ https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/self-portrait-of-sir-joshua-reynolds-p-r-a
Bibliography
[edit]- Cullen, Fintan. The Irish Face: Redefining the Irish Portrait. National Portrait Gallery, 2004
- McIntyre, Ian. Joshua Reynolds: The Life and Times of the First President of the Royal Academy. Penguin Books, 2004.
- Sturgis, Alexander. Rebels and Martyrs: The Image of the Artist in the Nineteenth Century. Yale University Press, 2006.
- Wendorf, Richard. Sir Joshua Reynolds: The Painter in Society. Harvard University Press, 1998.
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