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Self-portrait, Wankowicz, Walenty 1799–1842 painter. A young, dark-haired man with a slim face, short sideburns and hair combed sideways over his forehead towards the temples, wearing a green blouse and a white shirt with a slightly raised collar tied with a white drawstring, shown bust, turned three-quarters to the left, looking directly at the viewer. In front of him he holds a porte-crayon in his hand, resting on a small book with a red-brown cover. His oval face is illuminated from the darkness by a strong light coming from the right. Blue eyes, long, slightly upturned nose, clearly defined lips, chin slightly jutted forward. Black and brown background. At the top right, an inscription in white and yellow oil, calligraphic script: Walenty Wankowicz. | m. pr. pinxit. Before 1840, painting, height 56.6 cm, width 43 cm., A close-up of a painted human face showing an eye, part of the other eye, a nose, and mouth with visible brushstrokes and surface craquelure; skin tones range from pale beige and cream to warm peach and pink with areas of reddish-brown and muted brown shadows, the irises appear bluish-gray with dark pupils, the lips show muted red and rose hues, and the background and deep shadows include dark brown and nearly black tones.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A16_455

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

47.5Mo (2.0Mo) / 28.2cm x 42.3cm / 3328 x 4992 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Self-portrait Wankowicz Walenty 1799–1842 painter young dark-haired man slim face short sideburns hair combed sideways forehead towards temples wearing green blouse white shirt slightly raised collar tied white drawstring shown bust turned three-quarters left looking directly viewer front holds porte-crayon hand resting small book red-brown cover oval face illuminated darkness strong light coming right Blue eyes long slightly upturned nose defined lips chin slightly jutted forward Black brown background top right inscription white yellow oil calligraphic script Walenty Wankowicz | m pr pinxit 1840 painting height 56.6 cm width 43 cm close-up painted human face showing eye part nose mouth visible brushstrokes surface craquelure skin tones range pale beige cream warm peach pink areas reddish-brown muted brown shadows irises bluish-gray dark pupils lips muted red rose hues background deep shadows include dark brown nearly black tones.