Self-Portrait
1897
Staring back at us with piercing blue eyes and a magnificent handlebar mustache, Evert Louis van Muyden definitely knew how to make an entrance in 1897. Dressed in a dark coat and top hat, the artist captures himself with the precise, lifelike detail typical of the Realism movement. The visible cracking on the surface hints at the painting's age and traditional methods. It's a confident self-portrait that says, 'I am an artist, and I have excellent facial hair,' freezing a moment of 19th-century style forever.
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