Public domain
Self-portrait
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The promising painter Wouter van Troostwijk is said to have died young from a cold he caught while drawing outside at night. An artist’s life could hardly end more romantically! His atelier is pictured in this informal self-portrait, which he made shortly before his death. Grouped together on top of the cupboard are plaster casts of Classical sculptures, the models traditionally used by a painter.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSelf-portrait. c. 1809. Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
