A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries
Autoportrait Day 187~ Marie-Elisabeth Boulanger

French painter and educator Marie-Elisabeth Blavot Boulanger Cavé (c.1809–1883)

French painter and educator Marie-Elisabeth Blavot Boulanger Cavé (c.1809–1883)

Självporträtt, 1880 / Oil on canvas / Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden

Self portrait, N.D. / Oil on canvas / National Academy of Design, New York

Self-Portrait at the Age of Twelve, 1691 / Oil on canvas / Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Self-Portrait, 1817 / Oil on canvas / Old Burger Orphanage, Leeuwarden, Netherlands

1992–4 / Oil paint on fiberboard / 96”x48” / Tate Britain
2009 / Acrylic on PVC panel / 61 1/8”x72 7/8”x3 7/8” / Yale University Art Gallery
Self-Portrait by Milton Bellin1937 / Egg tempera on panel / 20 3/8”x16 1/2” / Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar
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In Front of the Easel (Self-portrait) by George Ștefănescu1960 / Oil on canvas / 35 4/5”x28 1/3” Location?
1941 / Oil on canvas board / 14”x11” / Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
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Self-portrait by Martiros Saryan [also spelled Sarian]1942 / Oil on canvas / Dimensions? / Location?
c.1939-1940 / Oil on plywood / 32 7/8”x29” / Smithsonian American Art Museum
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1940 / Oil on canvas / 17 3/8”x12 3/8” / Private collection
Self-Portrait by James A. Porterc.1935 / Oil paint on linen / 14”x12” / National Museum of African American History & Culture
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c.1939 / Oil paint on canvas / 69 1/2”x48 3/4” / Tate Gallery