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Self-Portrait
The 49-year-old Troost portrays himself here as a serious and confident painter. He is at his easel in his studio, holding his palette, brushes and painter’s stick. Troost, who worked in Amsterdam, had been an actor for a couple of years before becoming a painter. He painted many scenes from farcical plays, but was also a master of the more serious genre. He shows this in the painting on the easel…
Creator
- Cornelis Troost
Type of item
- pastel
- Pastel
Date
- 1745 - 1745
- 1745/1745
- 1745/1745
Medium
- parchment
- Parchment
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Identifier
- resource_document_mauritshuis_194
- 194
Format
- 52 cm
- 62 cm
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-08-02T11:48:21.286Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-02-28T08:45:41.077Z