Self Portrait

Self Portrait

“Self Portrait” (after Rembrandt self-portrait dated 1690) (2025). Louis Cooper. Oil on canvas. 24″x24″

Self-portrait modeled after Rembrandt’s 1690 self-portrait that hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. He is credited with an unsparing depiction of the signs of aging in his own face, building up the paint in high relief to convey his furrowed brow, the heavy pouches beneath his eyes, and his double chin.

I have to say that I have him beat in terms of my eye pouches, which put his to shame. He on the other hand has a tremendous shock of curly hair, which I do not, so I borrowed his.

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