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Self-Portrait
Also titled Zelfportret
Thérèse Schwartze (Amsterdam, 1851–1918)
before 1888
- Medium
- paper, pastel (crayon)
- Classification
- drawing
- Dimensions
- height 600 mm x width 450 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Women of the Rijksmuseum Fund
- 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
When Schwartze made this self-portrait, she was regularly working in Paris, pursuing an international career. She began using pastels, which enabled her to work faster and create softer contours. This is reflected in the portrait, with the springiness of her pinned-up hair and the rendered softness of her cheeks.
