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- Author Jan Matejko (1838–893)
- Date of production 1887
- Dimensions height: 24 cm, width: 23.7 cm
- ID no. MNK-IX-2714
- Museum The National Museum in Kraków
- Branch The Matejko House
- Availability on exposure
- Subjects painted, famous people
- Technique oil painting
- Material mahogany board, oil paint
- Acquired date purchased in 1962
- Object copyright The National Museum in Kraków
- Digital images copyright public domain
- Digitalisation NMK, Digital Cultural Heritage project
- Tags painting , self-portrait , Jan Matejko , 2D , public domain
Matejko was the author of several pictorial self-portraits, created at various periods of his artistic career. This self-portrait, the only one in the shape of a tondo, was painted for Helena, the daughter of the painter, and was given to her by the artist for her twentieth birthday, on 6 April 1887. On the bottom right of the picture, the following dedication appears: 6 | 4 | AD | 1887 | (for) HELI (from) father Jan.
more Matejko was the author of several pictorial self-portraits, created at various periods of his artistic career. This self-portrait, the only one in the shape of a tondo, was painted for Helena, the daughter of the painter, and was given to her by the artist for her twentieth birthday, on 6 April 1887. On the bottom right of the picture, the following dedication appears: 6 | 4 | AD | 1887 | (for) HELI (from) father Jan.
In 1938, it still belonged to Helena's husband, Józef Unierzyski.
The artist presented himself in a short bust, with his head turned in 3/4 profile to the right, wearing glasses, with shoulder-length hair, moustache and a beard. In the background, one can see a frame with a cloth stretched in it. The self-portrait was probably painted in the atelier in the artist's home.
Matejko's secretary, Marian Gorzkowski, noted in April 1887: “At the beginning of April, the artist painted his own, small portrait on wood, which he managed to finish, with the help of a mirror, in one day. On 6 April, on the day of his daughter's birthday, he gave it to Helena as a gift. He told me that she really wanted it. We framed this portrait together in secret, so that Miss Helena, sitting in the next room, could not guess we had done so [...].”
Elaborated by Marta Kłak-Ambrożkiewicz (The National Museum in Kraków), © all rights reserved
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