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Self-portrait
(c. 1745-1747)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
126.4 × 101.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1947
Gallery location
18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
By 1715 Joseph Highmore was established as a portraitist, painting citizens of London ‘in the Very habit they appear in’, as noted by eighteenth-century chronicler of British art George Vertue. Highmore was recognised by contemporaries as a master of two portrait styles, which he varied according to his sitter: the elegantly modish and what Vertue called a ‘natural easy style’. This self-portrait epitomises the latter, with Highmore presenting himself in the dual role of professional artist and educated gentleman.
Artwork Details
Accession Number
1760-4
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Portraits
Subjects (specific)
coats (garments) Highmore, Joseph men (male humans) painters (artists) palettes (painting equipment) self-portraits three-quarter views three-quarter-length figures
Movements
Rococo