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Oil painting of a man with tousled dark hair and mustache, in a brown jacket, holding a palette and brushes against a red background.

Self-Portrait

A half-length portrait of a man with dark, tousled hair and a mustache, turned three-quarters toward the viewer against a deep red ground. He wears a brown jacket, white collar and dark cravat, and holds a palette and brushes in his hands. Oil on canvas with loose, painterly brushwork and a signature in the lower right.

Artist
Walter Shirlaw
Date
1878
Medium
Oil on canvas
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2202 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1878).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Joseph M. Rogers

Español: Autorretrato con paleta y pinceles

Retrato de medio cuerpo de un hombre de cabello oscuro y desordenado, con bigote, girado tres cuartos hacia el espectador sobre un fondo rojo intenso. Viste chaqueta marrón, cuello blanco y corbata oscura, y sostiene una paleta y pinceles. Óleo sobre lienzo con pincelada suelta y una firma en la esquina inferior derecha.

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