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Smiling Self-portrait, from the Front
Also titled Lachend zelfportret, van voren
Moses ter Borch (1645–1667)
c. 1660 - 1661
- Medium
- paper, ink, chalk
- Classification
- drawing
- Dimensions
- height 93 mm x width 72 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
- 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
About this work
Moses ter Borch was one of the few artists in the second half of the 17th century who, inspired by Rembrandt’s self-portraits, frequently studied his own face. The young artist recorded himself with different expressions in these three studies. Thus he is not looking out at us, but rather examining his reflection in a mirror.
