# Self-portrait

- By: Charles Howard Hodges (Portsmouth, 1764–1837)
- Date: c. 1825 - c. 1830
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 72 cm x width 60 cm
- Credit line: E.J. Hodges Bequest, Amsterdam
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-1047--0056c193194fe95f2cfe91bf90c6cf32)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/OOtfD/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The English painter Charles Howard Hodges settled in the Netherlands in 1792. He became a successful portraitist and received important commissions, such as the state portrait of Louis Napoleon in this gallery. In this self-portrait, he chose not to depict himself as a painter with easel and palette, but as a well-to-do citizen. The work was presented to the Rijksmuseum by Hodges’ daughter Emma, whose portrait hangs nearby.