Self-portrait

Also titled Zelfportret

Giambologna (Douai, 1524–1608)

Antonio Susini (Florence, died 1624)

c. 1600

Medium

bronze (metal)

Classification

bust

Dimensions

height 13.5 cm x width 8.1 cm x depth 6 cm (incl. modern socle)

Museum

Rijksmuseum

Rights

Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.

Who can see it

Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the Rijksmuseum

About this work

Around 1600 Giambologna was considered the most famous sculptor active in Europe. The detailing of this polychromed plaster statue closely resembles that of his bronze self-portrait displayed nearby. Both versions would have been made from the same wax model.

• Sculpture
• Portraits
• 1600s