Paulus Moreelse

Self-Portrait

Paulus Moreelse
Self-Portrait

c. 1634-1635 Nicht zu sehen

We know of four self-portraits by the Utrecht painter Moreelse. He painted this example in his early sixties. He wears a dark tabard and an exuberant pleated collar, both of which were already unfashionable by the 1630s.

Moreelse holds up a blank sheet of paper, symbolising the artist’s ability to conjure an artwork out of nothing. The sheet of paper also reveals something of the importance that Moreelse attached to drawing skills, which he believed to be an essential basis for a painter’s training.

Technische Daten

Paulus Moreelse
Self-Portrait

c. 1634-1635 Nicht zu sehen

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Allgemeine Informationen
Paulus Moreelse (Utrecht 1571 - 1638 Utrecht)
Self-Portrait
c. 1634-1635
painting
118
Material und technische Daten
oil
panel
71.5 x 62 cm
Inschriften
lower right: PM
PM in ligature

Ursprung

François Henri Corneille, Baron van Heeckeren van Brandsenburg, Utrecht, 1869; dowager Christine Louise van Heeckeren van Brandsenburg, née Van Foreest van Heemse, Utrecht, 1869-1875; purchased by the State Advisory Board for Monuments of History and Art and transferred to the Mauritshuis, 1875