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Self-Portrait
Thérèse Schwartze (1851-1918), pastel, 1917
In addition to a robust sense of self-awareness, this self-portrait by Thérèse Schwartze exudes a certain sadness. At the time she made it, the artist had lost her husband. She herself would die a year later. Schwartze’s gaze is possibly one of resignation as she looks back on a turbulent yet wildly successful international career.
- Object numberRP-T-2009-41
- Dimensions551 mm x 474 mm
- Physical characteristicspastel op grijs papier