''Self-Portrait'' is an oil-on-canvas painting of 1867 by the Russian artist

Ivan Kramskoi Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoi (russian: Ива́н Никола́евич Крамско́й; June 8 (O.S. May 27), 1837, Ostrogozhsk – April 6 (O.S. March 24), 1887, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian painter and art critic. He was an intellectual l ...

. Oval in shape, it is a self-evaluation: Kramskoi indicates how he sees his own facial features and his relationship with the world around him. Then 30 years old, the artist renders himself formally dressed, handsome and intelligent-looking. His pose causes him to be gaze down on the viewer, with an appearance that is, according to the Tretyakov Gallery, "severe and demanding".Self portrait
. Tretyakov Gallery. Retrieved on 13 March, 2010. The painter

Ilya Repin Ilya Yefimovich Repin (russian: Илья Ефимович Репин, translit=Il'ya Yefimovich Repin, p=ˈrʲepʲɪn); fi, Ilja Jefimovitš Repin ( – 29 September 1930) was a Russian painter, born in what is now Ukraine. He became one of the ...

wrote of the work, "What eyes! You can’t hide from them. They are small and are sunk deep in their orbits; gray, lit up…What a serious face!"

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*Sarabianov, Dmitri V. ''Russian Art: From Neoclassism to the Avant Garde 1800-1917 : Painting Sculpture Architecture''. Harry N Abrams, 1990. 1867 paintings Paintings by Ivan Kramskoi Kramskoi 19th-century portraits Collections of the Tretyakov Gallery {{19C-painting-stub