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Self-Portraits and Portraits of Artist Friends

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From early on, self-portraits became a vehicle for self-esteem and claims to social status. Artists sought to emulate the dress and costly furnishings of their clients. The ambition to belong to the upper ranks of society lived on in the 18th century, but its manifestations changed. Dress became seemingly unconventional. The portraitists’ facial expressions as they regarded themselves in the mirror, however, were still concentrated and intense. In portraits of friends, the subjects seem more relaxed. Sometimes only a sketch pad or portfolio reveals that this is not a landowner, but an artist.

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Artist: Pehr Hilleström d.ä.

Title: Selfportrait

Description:

Hilleström was one of the most productive Swedish artists of the 18th century, above all as a genre painter. Most of his subjects are drawn from domestic interiors, but he also painted images of festivities and spectacles at court. A good number of self-portraits are known, but this is perhaps his most restrained and informal one, with no attributes to indicate that Hilleström was an artist.

Datafält	Värde
Title	Selfportrait
Artist	Pehr Hilleström d.ä., Swedish, born 1732, dead 1816-08-13
Technique/Material	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	Dimensions 53 x 42 cm, Frame 65 x 54 x 4 cm
Dating	Executed 1794
Acquisition	Purchase 1886
Inventory number	NM 1378

Artist: Olof Arenius

Title: Selfportrait

Description:

Olof Arenius was not only a leading portraitist of the Age of Liberty, but also influential as a teacher to several 18th-century Swedish artists. In this self-portrait, possibly made while Arenius was still a student in Holland in the 1730s, he has depicted himself in the continental manner, wearing a cap and with a self-assured air. His brushwork is free and his use of line sure. He no doubt found his models in contemporary British or German art.

Datafält	Värde
Title	Selfportrait
Artist	Olof Arenius, Swedish, born 1700-12-16, dead 1766-05-05
Technique/Material	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	Dimensions 36 x 29 cm, Frame 51 x 44 cm
Acquisition	Gift 2000 Stella and Percy Tamms Fund
Inventory number	NMGrh 4266

Artist: David Richter d.ä.

Title: Selfportrait

Description:

Richter belonged to a large family of artists, among them his nephew Gustaf Lundberg. Like many other Swedish painters, Richter trained and worked abroad during the years of unrest in the late 17th century. His works thus reflect a continental, chiefly French, tradition, as we see in this self-portrait. Richter has cheekily depicted himself in an unbuttoned blouse with a long blue ribbon, a fashion among the aristocratic dandies of the time.

Datafält	Värde
Title	Selfportrait
Artist	David Richter d.ä., Swedish, born 1662, dead 1735
Technique/Material	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	Dimensions 82 x 61 cm, Frame [med krön] 107 x 77 x 11 cm
Acquisition	Transferred 1865 Kongl. Museum
Inventory number	NM 1009

Artist: Michael Dahl d.ä.

Title: Michael Dahl the Elder

Description:

Dahl was an early example of a Swedish artist who was active abroad. He trained on the continent before settling in London, where he achieved acclaim as a portraitist. Dahl was extremely market-focused and had his own showroom for clients. In this self-portrait he is wearing a hooded cloak and a red cap. The latter concealed his close-cropped hair when he was not wearing a wig, but was also the distinguishing mark of an intellectual.

Datafält	Värde
Title	Michael Dahl the Elder
Artist	Michael Dahl d.ä., Swedish, born probably 1659, dead 1743-10-20
Technique/Material	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	Dimensions 60 x 48 cm, Frame 80 x 69 x 7,5 cm
Acquisition	Purchase 1950
Inventory number	NMGrh 2254

Artist: Elias Martin

Title: Johan Fredrik Martin, Draughtsman, the Artist's Brother

Description:

Johan Fredrik Martin received his first artistic training with his brother Elias in London, going on to study with the engraver Francesco Bartolozzi. It was as a printmaker that he made a name for himself, first in collaboration with his brother and later in Sweden as an independent artist. Picturesque views were one of his specialities. It was in such a setting that Elias Martin painted his brother with his portfolio at his side

Datafält	Värde
Title	Johan Fredrik Martin, Draughtsman, the Artist's Brother
Artist	Elias Martin, Swedish, born 1739, dead 1818-01-25
Technique/Material	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	Frame [med hänge] 105,5 x 78 x 7 cm ink. Krön, Dimensions 76 x 62 cm , Frame [med krön] 105 x 78 x 5 cm
Acquisition	Purchase 1977
Inventory number	NM 6679