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Self-Portrait With Muse

Jacek Malczewski

Basic information

ID: Ж-1584
Author: Jacek Malczewski
Name: Self-Portrait With Muse
Date of creation: 1905
Country: Poland
Technique: oil painting
Material: canvas oil
Dimensions: 120.5 x 60.5 cm (height x width)

Additionally

Type: painting
Genre: portraiture self-portrait
Provenance: Collection of Lviv Museum of Ukrainian Art
Exposition: Lozinski Palace

Information about author

Author: Jacek Malczewski
Author in the original: Jacek Malczewski
Artist's lifetime: 1854–1929
Country: Poland
Biography: Jacek Malczewski (July 14, 1854, Radom, Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire – October 8, 1929, Krakow, Republic of Poland) was an outstanding artist and one of the most prominent representatives of Polish Symbolism. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Krakow, where his teacher was Jan Matejko. The artist participated in an archeological expedition to Pamphylia, Pisidia, and Greece, which was organized by Count Karol Lanckoronski. He also visited Munich and Italy. Jacek Malczewski was one of the founders of the art union "Sztuka" ("Art"). The artist's creative heritage includes landscapes and portraiture, symbolic compositions, interpretations of religious themes, and numerous self-portraits in various images.

Object description

The knee-length image of a mature man (the self-portrait of the artist) is in the foreground. The man turned three quarters to the right is bald, with a beard and curled moustache; his gaze is directed at the viewer. He is wearing a blue knight's armour without sleeves up to his waist. In his left hand, he holds three red carnations; with his right hand, he holds up the bottom of the coat put over his shoulders. Behind him and the strings stretched from top to bottom, one can see the head of a young woman crowned with a laurel wreath. She holds the strings with her raised left hand and plucks them with her right hand.

Inscriptions

At the bottom right, there is an author's inscription "J. Malczewski/1905".

Legal regulation

Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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