Category:Self-portrait (Joshua Reynolds - Royal Academy of Arts)

**Self Portrait**
	painting by Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792), Royal Academy of Arts
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Instance of	painting;
Main subject	Joshua Reynolds;
Depicts	Joshua Reynolds
Made from material	oil paint; panel (painting support);
Genre	self-portrait;
Location	Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly, Mayfair, West End, Central London, London, Greater London, London, England
Creator	Joshua Reynolds;
Collection	Royal Academy of Arts (1780–);
Inventory number	03/1394 (Royal Academy of Arts);
Inception	c. 1780;
Width	101.6 cm;
Height	127 cm;
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Self-portrait (Joshua Reynolds - Royal Academy of Arts)

Joshua Reynolds: Self Portrait

Artist



Description	British painter, writer and art collector
Date of birth/death	16 July 1723	23 February 1792
Location of birth/death	Plympton	London
Work location	London, Plympton, Italy
Authority file	: Q194402 VIAF: 27081216 ISNI: 0000000108815237 ULAN: 500004539 LCCN: n84168483 NLA: 35449606 WGA: r/reynolds Open Library: OL409038A Oxford Dict.: 23429 GND: 118744771 SELIBR: 228881 SUDOC: 028497066 BNF: 12032127v NDL: 001276628 BIBSYS: 90072537 NKC: xx0012103 BNE: XX880490 NLP: a0000001809058 KulturNav: 18425ef7-d37d-47ab-afc7-29691f0a2ac5 RKD: 66483 J9U: 987007309679605171 Koninklijke: 071085351 NLK: KAC202283334 WorldCat

Title

Self Portrait

Object type

painting

Genre

self-portrait

Description

Caption from the museum:

Sir Joshua Reynolds produced around thirty self-portrait paintings and drawings over his career (see Joshua Reynolds: The Creation of Celebrity, Tate Britain, 2005 exhibition catalogue, p. 73). This fascination with depicting himself was connected with his interest in Rembrandt whose portrait prints, in particular, were revered in Britain at this time. Reynolds emulated the Dutch master by using himself as a model in order to practice different facial expressions but, more significantly, he also favoured the genre of self-portraiture as a means of taking control of his own image and raising his own status as an artist and cultural figure. Reynolds' large, painted self-portraits - like this one - were produced at important moments in his life and have been characterised as 'part of a hard-headed public relations exercise' (Tate 2005, p.73). Reynolds freely admitted to his interest in fame and gaining a place in posterity with statements like the following: Distinction is what we all seek after, and the world does set a value on them [sic]. I go with the great stream of life' (cited in the Rebels and Martyrs catalogue, National Gallery, 2006, cat. no. 1).

Depicted people

Joshua Reynolds

Date

circa 1780

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

height: 127 cm (50 in)

; width: 101.6 cm (40 in)

Collection

Royal Academy of Arts

	Native name	Royal Academy of Arts
	Parent institution	Royal Academy Including Burlington House And Galleries And Royal Academy Schools Buildings
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 30′ 33″ N, 0° 08′ 22″ W
	Established	1768
	Website	www.royalacademy.org.uk Online catalog
	Authority file	: Q270920 VIAF: 153543255 ISNI: 0000000404244782 ULAN: 500115632 LCCN: n80032672 NLA: 36520989 WorldCat

Accession number

03/1394 (Royal Academy of Arts)

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Self-portrait (by Joshua Reynolds) – Royal Academy of Arts.jpg 1,519 × 2,000; 1,019 KB
Sir Joshua Reynolds 013.jpg 600 × 800; 53 KB
Joshua Reynolds – Self-portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds, PRA – Google Art Project.jpg 8,493 × 11,180; 27.94 MB
Letters of Joshua Reynolds book cover.jpg 313 × 500; 34 KB

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