Self-Portrait, ca. 1706

ArtistCarlo Maratti, Camerano 1625–1713 Roma

DepictedCarlo Maratti, Camerano 1625–1713 Roma

Black chalk heightened with white chalk on brown paper

Sheet dimensions27,8 × 24,6 cm

Status

not on display

About the workArtists often depict themselves at work in self-portraits. The Italian Baroque painter Carlo Maratti, however, has put the focus on his ageing face with its pensive gaze. Is the artist contemplating the course of his career, remembering all that he has achieved? Maratti had risen to become one of the most important figures in Roman art and culture in the seventeenth century. His high-ranking patrons included seven popes, the imperial house of the Holy Roman Empire, the French king, and many other ecclesiastical and secular dignitaries.

AccessionCollection of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Provenance[…]; seit 1932 Dauerleihgabe der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Inventory numberKA (FP) 1110

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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