Self-Portrait with carnations / Bartholomaeus Bruyn the Elder
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- Accession Number
- 1963/2.43
- Title
- Self-Portrait with carnations
- Artist Nationality
- German
- Artist Life Dates
- 1493-1555
- Medium and Support
- oil on panel
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1525
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Germany (nation)
- North Rhine-Westphalia (state)
- Köln (national district)
- Cologne (inhabited place)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Germany (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- North Rhine-Westphalia (state)
- Creation Place 4
- Köln (national district)
- Creation Place 5
- Cologne (inhabited place)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- Northern Renaissance
- Inscription
- Verso: Label on frame, u.r.: CITY OF MANCHESTER ART GALLERY 55 Label on panel, u.c.: BARTEL BRUYN / PORTRAIT OF A NOBLEMAN Label on panel, center: THOS. AGNEW & SONS, LTD. / NO 23988 / BY APPOINTMENT / TO THE LATE KING GEORGE VI / LONDON / 43, OLD BOND STREET / PICCADILLY, W. Inscribed with black on panel, l.c.: 216 l.r.: HR Stamped on panel in black, l.r. Stamped three times, l.c. and l.r.
- Dimensions
- 50 cm x 34.9 cm (19 11/16 in. x 13 3/4 in.)
- Century
- 16th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- portrait
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Physical Description
- This elegant self-portrait depicts a half-length figure of a man in three-quarters profile with his left arm resting on a stone ledge. The somber colors of his garb, consisting of a white shirt with a dark robe, is offset by luxurious details: the fur collar of his robe, the black ribbon and gold chain around his neck, the embroidered collar and cuffs of his shirt, and the three rings on his right hand. Two pink carnations appear on the ledge before him.
- Subject Matter
- Bartholomaeus Bruyn the elder displays his rank as a successful young painter in Cologne through this elegant self-portrait. For the painting he adopted a casual but self-possessed pose that imbues him with an air of confidence that is reinforced by the understated luxury of his garb and jewelry. The gold chain around his neck perhaps refers to his profession as a painter, and the carnations, popular symbols of conjugal love, on the ledge before him suggest that Bruyn might have painted this portrait for his betrothal or marriage.
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- accessories worn on the head
- buildings and the land
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- germany (nation)
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- jewelry
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- jewelry worn around the neck or on the upper body
- jewelry worn on arms and hands
- kˆln (national district)
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- natural landscapes
- north rhine-westphalia (state)
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 761 x 995
- File Size
- 76 KB
- Record
- 1963/2.43
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"Self-Portrait with carnations; Bartholomaeus Bruyn the Elder." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1963-sl-2.43/1963_2.43.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.
