Self-Portrait

1844 · Private collection

portrait

The inscription on the present work (peint par lui meme xx 1844) confirms that it is a self-portrait completed when the artist was thirty-six years of age. A canvas and easel are visible in the background, likely referencing Mersseman's profession as an artist.

About the Artist

Auguste Joseph Marie de Mersseman

1808 – 1879

Belgian painter, active in Antwerp. His oeuvre consists of portraits, interior scenes and still-lifes. Most of the artist's surviving works, such as Old woman with Cats (Stedelijke Musea, Bruges) and Still-Life with Shells (private collection), exhibit the same heightened refinement and virtuoso handling.

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