Théo Van Rysselberghe produced his best work as a portraitist. This talent is already evident in this early work, painted around 1880, at the age of eighteen. The artist creates a mysterious atmosphere by depicting himself with his headgear pulled far over his head, so that the shadow of the brim obscures his gaze. All the attention goes to the youthful cheeks, the strong-willed nose and chin and the sensual mouth with the pipe. Here we already see something of the dandy we know from his letters and later self-portraits.
| Artist |
Théo Van Rysselberghe
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| Title | Self-Portrait (sketch) |
| Date | ca. 1880 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom left: Esquisse / Théo van Rysselberghe |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1970-AE |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
The Friends of the Museum Ghent 1970 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1970-AE |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2994/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
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self-portraits
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300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
22C
light
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22C2 artificial light Iconclass 22C8 shadow Iconclass 22C9 darkness Iconclass 31D12 youth, young man, adolescent Iconclass 31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass 41C741 pipe ~ tobacco Iconclass 41D221(HAT) head-gear: hat Iconclass 48B3 portrait, self-portrait of artist Iconclass 48C512 painter in non-work situation Iconclass 48C513 portrait, self-portrait of painter Iconclass 61B2 historical persons Iconclass 61B2(VAN RYSSELBERGHE, Théo) historical person (VAN RYSSELBERGHE, Théo) Iconclass |
| School / Style | realism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. II, p. 280-281 (ill.)) |
| Kunstenaarsportretten (uit Antwerpen, Brugge en Gent : tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 26 mei - 19 augustus 2007) / Dorine Cardyn-Oomen, Nanny Schrijvers, Monique Tahon-Vanroose. - Gent : Vlaamse Kunstcollectie, 2007 (p. 50-51, nr. 50 (ill.)) |
| Van Rysselberghe : Schilder van de zon (tentoonstelling Laren, Singer Museum, 17.05 - 04.09.2022) / Ronald Feltkamp, Jan Rudolph De Lorm. - Bussum : Uitgeverij THOTH, 2022 ; Laren : Singer Museum, 2022 (schutblad (ongen.)) |
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