Self-Portrait (Rubens, London)
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''Self-Portrait'' is a 1623 self-portrait in oils on canvas by
Peter Paul Rubens Sir Peter Paul Rubens (; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat from the Duchy of Brabant in the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium). He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque traditio ...
, signed and dated by the artist. He produced it to send to Charles Prince of Wales (the future
Charles I Charles I may refer to: Kings and emperors * Charlemagne (742–814), numbered Charles I in the lists of Holy Roman Emperors and French kings * Charles I of Anjou (1226–1285), also king of Albania, Jerusalem, Naples and Sicily * Charles I of ...
) and it is still in the
Royal Collection The Royal Collection of the British royal family is the largest private art collection in the world. Spread among 13 occupied and historic royal residences in the United Kingdom, the collection is owned by King Charles III and overseen by the ...
.


Sources

*''Bruegel to Rubens: Masters of Flemish Painting'', London, 2007 *''Portrait of the Artist'', London, 2016 *https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/400156/a-self-portrait {{17C-painting-stub 1623 paintings Rubens Rubens Rubens Paintings in the Royal Collection of the United Kingdom Portraits by Peter Paul Rubens