Autoportrait Day 263~ Violante Siriès Cerroti

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

Italian painter Violante Beatrice Siriès Cerroti (1709–1783)

1. Self-portrait, 1740-1760 / Oil on canvas / Piazzale degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy

2. Self-portrait, 1736 / Oil on canvas / Piazzale degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy

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Autoportrait Day 262~ Lois Mailou Jones

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American artist and educator Lois Mailou Jones (1905-1998)

1. Self Portrait, N/D / Painting / Location?

2. Self Portrait, 1940 / Casein on board / Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC

3. Under the Influence of the Masters, 1939 / Gray-wash watercolor / Front page of the Negro History Bulletin, Volume 2, issue 7
“A year later [1940], Jones produced an oil self-portrait with the same short hairstyle as the anonymous painter in the [Negro History Bulletin] watercolor, in a similar smock and collared shirt, suggesting she also had depicted herself in the earlier work.”

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Autoportrait Day 261~ Anonymous Mughal Artist

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

Anonymous artist, 17th century Mughal India

The Emperor Jahangir in the Zenana, c.1620 / Brush ink, opaque pigments, and gold on paper, laid on 19th century floral album page / Private collection

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“The group at the bottom left corner includes a woman holding an album or portfolio, a well-known sign in the work of artists…that is taken to mean that this is a self-portrait of the artist of the main picture.”
From Indian and Persian Painting 1590-1840

Autoportrait Day 259~ Marisa Roësset Velasco

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

Spanish figurative painter Marisa Roësset Velasco (1904-1976)

1. Self-portrait, 1924 / Oil on canvas / Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain

2. Self-portrait, 1926 / Painting / Collection of artist’s niece

3. Self-portrait Lying on the Floor, 1927 / Painting / Private collection

4. Rest [possible self portrait], 1928 / Oil on canvas / Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

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Autoportrait Day 258~ Maria Walpurgis

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Princess, composer, singer, harpsichordist, painter, pastellist, poet, librettist, and patron of the arts Maria Antonia Walpurgis Symphorosa (1724-1780)

1. Self-portrait, c.1767–1772 / Oil on canvas / Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy

2. Based on a pastel self-portrait, 1764 / Engraving / British Museum, London, UK

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Autoportrait Day 256~ Hannah Maynard

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

Canadian photographer Hannah Maynard (1834-1918)

Self-portrait with multiple exposures, c.1893 / Modern print from original glass negative
Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, BC, Canada

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Hannah Maynard: “The Most Surreal Pictures in the Victorian World”
https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/hannah-maynard-photography-victoria-surreal