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''Self-Portrait'' is a c. 1669 oil on canvas painting by
Ferdinand Bol
Ferdinand Bol (24 June 1616 – 24 August 1680) was a Dutch painter, etcher and draftsman. Although his surviving work is rare, it displays Rembrandt's influence; like his master, Bol favored historical subjects, portraits, numerous self-port ...
, now in the
Rijksmuseum
The Rijksmuseum () is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the St ...
, in
Amsterdam
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. Showing the artist in an embroidered robe leaning on a small sculpture of Cupid, it is thought to have been painted on the occasion of his second marriage to Anna van Erckel in 1669.
It is probably the self-portrait mentioned in the probate records relating to the artist's unmarried son Elbert, though it is unknown to whom it was bequeathed. It was sold as lot number 9 at a Weduwe C. Roos auction of the collection owned by a man named Wreesman on 17 August 1818. It was bought by
Albertus Brondgeest, who left it to its current owner in 1849.
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Exhibition history
*''Historische Tentoonstelling van Amsterdam, gehouden in den Zomer van 1876'', Oudemannenhuis, Amsterdam, 1876.
*''Prijst de lijst. De Hollandse schilderkunst in de zeventiende eeuw'', Rijksmuseum
The Rijksmuseum () is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the St ...
, Amsterdam, 6 April - 1 July 1984, cat.nr. 61, p. 2, 24, 234, 244, 266.
*''Portretten van echt en trouw'', Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem, 15 February - 13 April 1986, cat.nr. 9, p. 87.
*''De glorie van de Gouden Eeuw. Nederlandse kunst uit de 17de eeuw. Schilderijen, beeldhouwkunst en kunstnijverheid'', Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 15 April - 17 September 2000, , cat.nr. 74, p. 119.
References
Self-portraits
Portraits of men
Portraits by Ferdinand Bol
Paintings in the collection of the Rijksmuseum
1669 paintings
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