Cornelis Troost

Self-Portrait

Cornelis Troost  Zelfportret Self-Portrait
Cornelis Troost  Zelfportret Self-Portrait
Cornelis Troost  Zelfportret Self-Portrait
Cornelis Troost  Zelfportret Self-Portrait
Cornelis Troost  Zelfportret Self-Portrait
Cornelis Troost  Zelfportret Self-Portrait

Cornelis Troost
Self-Portrait

1745 Not on view

The 49-year-old Troost portrays himself here as a serious and confident painter. He is at his easel in his studio, holding his palette, brushes and painter’s stick.

Troost, who worked in Amsterdam, had been an actor for a couple of years before becoming a painter. He painted many scenes from farcical plays, but was also a master of the more serious genre. He shows this in the painting on the easel, which is probably a scene from a play by the Dutch poet Vondel.

Technical details
Cornelis Troost  Zelfportret Self-Portrait

Cornelis Troost
Self-Portrait

1745 Not on view

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General information
Cornelis Troost (Amsterdam 1696 - 1750 Amsterdam)
Self-Portrait
1745
pastel
194
Material and technical details
pastel, gouache
parchment
62 x 52 cm
Inscriptions
lower left: C. Troost. / 1745

Provenance

(?) Jeronimus Tonneman, Amsterdam, 1745-1754; (?) his sale, Amsterdam (De Leth), 21 October 1754 (Lugt 845), no. 13 (to De Bruyn for 35 guilders); (?) Jan de Bruyn, Amsterdam, 1754; D. van Dyl, Amsterdam, before 1813; his sale, Amsterdam (Vinkeles), 22 November 1813 (Lugt 8448), no. D 30 (bought in); his sale, Amsterdam (Vinkeles), 10 January 1814 (Lugt 8467), no. D 30; P.J. van Oosthuijse van Rijsenburg and M. de Jongh, The Hague, 1847; their sale, The Hague (De Bas), 18 October 1847 (Lugt 18748), no. 335 (to Gruyter for 16 guilders); W. Gruyter, Amsterdam, 1847-1867 (or later); Carel Coenraad Johannes de Ridder, Rotterdam, 1874; his sale, Rotterdam (Lamme et al.), 9 April 1874 (Lugt 34746), no. 1364 (to Arnoldus Lamme for 200 guilders); purchased, 1874