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Joseph Highmore
Self-portrait (c. 1745-1747)
oil on canvas
126.4 × 101.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1947
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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 George Vertue, the eighteenth-century chronicler of British art, noted. Highmore was recognized by contemporaries as a master of two portrait styles, which he varied according to his sitter: the elegantly modish, and what George Vertue called a ‘natural easy style’. This handsome Self portrait epitomizes the latter. Highmore presents himself in the dual role of professional artist and educated gentleman.
Artwork Details
Accession Number
1760-4
Department
International Painting
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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