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Paul Bril

Self-Portrait,

Maker

  • Paul Bril

Title

Self-Portrait

Medium

oil paint

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Oil on canvas

Techniques

  • Oil on canvas

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

70.8 x 77.2 cm (27 7/8 x 30 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Unsigned

Marks: On the verso side of the painting's frame in the upper left corner of the frame is a red (possibly in paint) accession number "39.046"; in the lower right corner of the verso frame are white chalk marks possibly making the numbers "9281"; on the upper verso strainer is a series of pencil in script lower case possibly spelling out " K I S T" and located beneath these letters are the numbers "1 1 1" underlined three times; located on the brace in the center in blue marker (possibly dark blue pencil) are the letters "K I" and a third mark that is covered by a label; on the canvas are several white chalk markings, the legible of which is located in the lower right corner, and can possibly be the number "6".

Label: In the upper left corner of the verso frame: faded and ripped label "WA...ATHENEUM" determined to say Wadsworth Atheneum, although the label is missing a center piece; peaking out from other athenaeum label is the number "46";also in the upper left corner of the verso frame are a white label with the writing "Royal Academy of Arts" (this label is from 2001); a red accession number is located in paint below the white label; on the bottom of the outer verso frame is a label from the Koninklijk Museum; in the upper left corner of the verso frame is an octagonal label inscribed with the number "4778" and an unfinished word: "ANDAISE", below this unfinished word is an illegible incomplete word; to the right of the octagonal label is a rectangular label with beveled corners and a red border, this label is inscribed with the number "8979"on the verso side on the vertical brace in the center is a white label turned on its corner, inscribed with "Stedelijk Museum"/ "agt prinsenhof"/ "delft" /"3036".

Place

Place Made: Netherlands

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

39.046

Self-Portrait

Selected Works

Signature: Unsigned

Marks: On the verso side of the painting's frame in the upper left corner of the frame is a red (possibly in paint) accession number "39.046"; in the lower right corner of the verso frame are white chalk marks possibly making the numbers "9281"; on the upper verso strainer is a series of pencil in script lower case possibly spelling out " K I S T" and located beneath these letters are the numbers "1 1 1" underlined three times; located on the brace in the center in blue marker (possibly dark blue pencil) are the letters "K I" and a third mark that is covered by a label; on the canvas are several white chalk markings, the legible of which is located in the lower right corner, and can possibly be the number "6".

Label: In the upper left corner of the verso frame: faded and ripped label "WA...ATHENEUM" determined to say Wadsworth Atheneum, although the label is missing a center piece; peaking out from other athenaeum label is the number "46";also in the upper left corner of the verso frame are a white label with the writing "Royal Academy of Arts" (this label is from 2001); a red accession number is located in paint below the white label; on the bottom of the outer verso frame is a label from the Koninklijk Museum; in the upper left corner of the verso frame is an octagonal label inscribed with the number "4778" and an unfinished word: "ANDAISE", below this unfinished word is an illegible incomplete word; to the right of the octagonal label is a rectangular label with beveled corners and a red border, this label is inscribed with the number "8979"on the verso side on the vertical brace in the center is a white label turned on its corner, inscribed with "Stedelijk Museum"/ "agt prinsenhof"/ "delft" /"3036".

Place Made: Netherlands

Publications

Selected Works

Exhibition History

Intermission

December 16, 2016 - July 2, 2017

The Natural World, the Body, and the Divine

February 3 - April 16, 2006

From the Reserve I

April 9 - August 3, 1994

The Facts of Life

June 24 - October 23, 1988
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