Genre: Self-Portrait
Self-Portraits
Self-portraits are artists painting themselves. Some are plain records of a face, others read as statements about ambition, age or identity, and many painters came back to the subject across a whole career.
95 paintings listed, each with the museum that holds it.
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Self-Portrait
Vincent van Gogh, 1889
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting
Artemisia Gentileschi, 1639
Royal Collection, London
Self-Portrait
Salvator Rosa, 1645
National Gallery, London
Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1782
National Gallery, London
Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat
Vincent van Gogh, 1887
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Self-Portrait (1889)
Vincent van Gogh, 1889
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Self-Portrait on Her Sixth Wedding Anniversary
Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1906
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Self-Portrait at 28
Albrecht Dürer, 1500
Self-Portrait
Raphael, 1506
Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Florence
Sick Bacchus (Self-Portrait as Bacchus)
Caravaggio, 1593
Borghese Gallery, Rome, Rome
Self-portrait drawing at a window
Rembrandt van Rijn, 1645
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
Self-portrait with hat
Rembrandt van Rijn, 1652
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Self-Portrait (Rembrandt, 1660)
Rembrandt van Rijn, 1660
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Self-portrait in a cap and scarf with the face dark bust
Rembrandt van Rijn, 1662
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear
Vincent van Gogh, 1889
Courtauld Gallery, London
Self-Portrait with Skeleton
Lovis Corinth, 1896
Lenbachhaus, Munich
Self-Portrait
Pablo Picasso, 1901
Self-Portrait with Mirror
Léon Spilliaert, 1908
Mu.ZEE, Ostend
Self Portrait
Tintoretto
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Self-portrait
Anders Zorn
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Stockholm
Self-Portrait
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
National Portrait Gallery, London, London
Self-Portrait at 13
Albrecht Dürer
Albertina, Vienna, Vienna
Self-portrait
Simon Vouet
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Lyon, Lyon
Self-portrait with Bittern
Rembrandt van Rijn
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Genre is what a painting shows: a landscape, a portrait, a still life. Style, or movement, is how and when it was made, like Impressionism or Baroque. They're separate, so a landscape can be Romantic, Impressionist or Cubist.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between genre and style in art?
Genre is what a painting shows: a landscape, a portrait, a still life. Style, or movement, is how and when it was made, like Impressionism or Baroque. They're separate, so a landscape can be Romantic, Impressionist or Cubist.
Where can I see self-portraits?
In our listings, Private Collection, State Hermitage Museum, Art Institute of Chicago hold the most self-portraits. Each artwork page has the museum, location and visiting details.