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Self-Portrait
J. M. W. Turner1791-1793
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Indianapolis, United States
Details
- Title: Self-Portrait
- Creator Lifespan: 1775 - 1851
- Creator Nationality: British
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Chelsea
- Creator Birth Place: London
- Date Created: 1791-1793
- Type: oil paintings
- Rights: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Kurt F. Pantzer
- External Link: http://www.imamuseum.org/mercury/load-artwork/15640
- Medium: oil on canvas
- wall label: Turner gave this, his first oil painting to his resident housekeeper of forty years Hannah Danby who bequeathed it in 1853 to Turner's admirer, the critic John Ruskin. "It is to me, who knew him in his age, entirely the germ and virtually capable contents of the man I knew" wrote Ruskin, but only guessing at the date, had the Latin label read:ÿ "J.M.W. Turner, by his hand, in the fourth lustrum of life [between 16 and 20]."
- measurements: 20 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.
- Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner
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