# Self-portrait in his Studio

- By: Anton Molkenboer (Leeuwarden, 1872–1960)
- Date: 1896
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 37.7 cm x width 30.2 cm
- Credit line: Gift of Helen and Lorenz van der Meij, Amsterdam
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-5072--0a46f5d367fce80202611f805c8a638a)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/18755a4945743bf1f7a49842c14a06da.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.