Self-portrait

• Self-Portrait
• Self-portrait

SK-A-4225

signature and date: ‘C. Troost ipse fecit 1739’

As a former actor and scene painter, Troost understood illusion. In this self-portrait he gazes from a mirror at himself and at us. The curtain, pedestal, palette and drawing on blue paper create a sense of depth. Every detail testifies to his technical skill. Notice how he conveyed the fine batiste cloth of his fashionable jabot – the frill of ruffles attached to his shirt – with a single stroke of white paint.

painter: Cornelis Troost

1739

olieverf op doek

height 103 cm x width 83 cm

Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt and the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum

purchase 1973

Public domain

…; collection Cavens, Brussels, 1901, 1909;{Note RMA; Hofstede de Groot notes, RKD.}….; the dealer A.-B. Antikkompaniet, Stockholm, 1917-1918;{Note RMA.}...; sale, Sir William van Horne, K.C.M.G. et al.[section 'Various Properties'], London (Sotheby´s), 6 December 1972, no. 87, as Dutch School, 18th century, £9,000, to Baile;{Copy RMA.}…; from the dealer E.J. Speelman, London, fl. 75,665.35, to the museum, as a gift from the Vereniging Rembrandt, the Prins Bernard fonds and the Commissie voor Fotoverkoop, 1973

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