# Smiling Self-portrait, from the Front

- By: Moses ter Borch (1645–1667)
- Date: c. 1660 - 1661
- Medium: paper, ink, chalk
- Classification: drawing
- Dimensions: height 93 mm x width 72 mm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-T-1887-A-1063--0a990fe6ae757f8488805531aa144d0d)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/af545264c6583164fd1d6938a93e92f5.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.