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Self-portrait in his Studio
Also titled Zelfportret in zijn atelier
Anton Molkenboer (Leeuwarden, 1872–1960)
1896
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 37.7 cm x width 30.2 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of Helen and Lorenz van der Meij, Amsterdam
- 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
The young painter Molkenboer scrutinizes himself through his pince-nez. He is in his Amsterdam studio, with the dining room behind him. A palette and stage mask hang from a cupboard or doorpost on the right. The year 1896 was important for Molkenboer. Although trained as a painter, he had just written and produced his first play. He would eventually unite both passions and work for the theatre as a decorative artist.
