Self Portrait
Artist
John Singer Sargent
(Florence, Italy, 1856 - 1925)
Date1886
Mediumoil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsHeight: 34.5 cm, Width: 29.7 cm
Frame Size: Height: 113.5 cm, Width: 67.3 cm
Frame Size: 54 x 49 x 10.5cm - Macdonald portrait frame
Frame Size: 49.3 x 44.5 x 9cm - modern frame
Frame Size: Height: 113.5 cm, Width: 67.3 cm
Frame Size: 54 x 49 x 10.5cm - Macdonald portrait frame
Frame Size: 49.3 x 44.5 x 9cm - modern frame
AcquisitionAlexander Macdonald Bequest, 1901.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG003876
About MeOne of a series of ninety-one uniformly sized portraits and self-portraits of artists, collected by the Aberdeen granite merchant and patron of art, Alexander Macdonald (1831-1884). Alexander Macdonald died in 1884, but his wife, Hope Gordon Macdonald, continued to collect portraits of artists after his death. Macdonald had not owned any work by Sargent but they were both friendly with Joseph Farquharson and it may have been through contact with him, or with Sir James Murray that she determined to acquire a likeness of Sargent.Sargent was thirty when he painted this self portrait. Incorrectly dated by Charteris to 1907.
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Sargent was 30 years old when he painted this self portrait
