Joseph Vivien
(1657-1734)
Self-Portrait at the Easel,
um 1720
Material / Technology / Carrier
Oil on canvas
Dimensions of the object
117,5 x 94,3 cm
Displayed
Schleißheim, Staatsgalerie
Acquisition
Aus der Kurfürstlichen Galerie München
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Staatsgalerie im Neuen Schloss Schleißheim
Citation
Joseph Vivien, Selbstbildnis an der Staffelei, um 1720, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Staatsgalerie im Neuen Schloss Schleißheim, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/Dn4Znlv4aK (Last updated on 12.12.2023)
The artist turns towards the viewer with a confident expression: he is engaged in painting a pastel portrait of Elector Max Emanuel. A box of pastels is on his lap. His elegant coat with lace cuffs and his impressive allonge wig give the van Dyck of pastellists,' as he was called by contemporaries, the air of an aristocrat.
