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Facts

Baptized July 28, 1609 • Haarlem • Netherlands
Buried February 10, 1660 • Heemstede • Netherlands

Photos

Oil painting self-portrait by Judith Leyster showing her seated at an easel, smiling at the viewer while holding a paintbrush and palette, with a violinist painting on the canvas beside her.
Judith Leyster: Boy Playing the Flute
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Self-portrait by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, pastel, 1775; in the Louvre, Paris.
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
French painter
Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den: Group Portrait
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
Dutch painter and poet
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Gerard Terborch
Dutch painter
Fabritius, Carel: Self-Portrait
Carel Fabritius
Dutch painter
Gerrit Dou: Self-Portrait
Gerrit Dou
Dutch painter
Mieris, Frans van, the Elder: A Man and a Woman
Frans van Mieris, the Elder
Dutch painter
Maes, Nicolaes: Girl at a Window
Nicolaes Maes
Dutch painter
Flinck, Govert: Company of Captain Albert Bas and Lieutenant Lucas Conyn
Govert Flinck
Dutch painter
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
Diego Velázquez
Diego Velázquez
Spanish painter
Oil painting self-portrait by Paul Cezanne showing a balding man with a beard, wearing a dark coat, set against a patterned background.
Paul Cézanne
French artist
Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier
French artist
Henri Matisse stands in a studio wearing a painter's smock, holding a palette beside a wooden ladder, with abstract artwork visible in the background.
Henri Matisse
French artist
The Painter and His Pug, self-portrait by William Hogarth, oil on canvas, 1745; in the Tate Gallery, London.
William Hogarth
English artist
Oil on canvas self-portrait by Edouard Manet, showing the artist in a brown coat and black hat, holding paintbrushes and a palette against a dark background.
Édouard Manet
French painter
Gustave Courbet
Gustave Courbet
French painter
Self-portrait by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
French painter
Joan Miró
Joan Miró
Spanish artist
To the Lighthouse
Vanessa Bell
British painter and designer
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Sir Matthew Smith
English painter

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