Selbstbildnis an der Staffelei,

1601

Material / Technology / Carrier

Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

105 x 92,5 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal XI

Department

Deutsche Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

Acquisition

Aus der Kurfürstlichen Galerie München

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Engelhard de Pee, Selbstbildnis an der Staffelei, 1601, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/gR4kRqNGEe (Last updated on 28.08.2023)

As a Catholic, the little-known Engelhard de Pee (1540–1605) from the Southern Netherlands sought refuge in Swabia around 1570. In 1578 he started working in Munich, where he was admitted to the painters’ guild in 1601, with this work as his masterpiece. The self-portrait shows the painter at work on a devotional picture. De Pee confidently presents himself in the role of Luke the Evangelist, titular patron saint of most painters’ guilds, who had purportedly painted the Virgin and the Infant from life.