Self-portrait, bust-length, in a red coat

細節

George Romney (1734-1802)
Self-portrait, bust-length, in a red coat
oil on canvas
24 x 19¼ in. (61 x 48.8 cm.)

來源

with Agnews, London.
Mrs Burns, South Mimms, in 1904, and by descent.

出版

H. Ward and W. Roberts, Romney, A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonne of his Works, London and New York, 1904, p.134, no.7.

注意事項

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拍品專文

Romney painted a fascinating series of self-portraits of which the most celebrated is the exceptionally powerful unfinished work now in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Described by Richard Cumberland as a man of 'aspen nerves, that every breath could ruffle' (quoted by A. Kidson in George Romney, London, 2002, p.180.), Romney's portraits beautifully capture the artist's personality, and are paradoxically exercises in both introspection and self-expression.