A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries
Azerbaijani-born French painter Maryam Alakbarli (born 1991)

Self-Portrait with Pearls, 2013 / Pastels on plywood / Artist’s collection

Self-Portrait with Pearls, 2013 / Pastels on plywood / Artist’s collection

Self Portrait, 2000 / Oil on canvas / The Collection and Usher Gallery, Lincolnshire, UK

1. Self-Portrait as a Chimera, c.1880 / Bronze
Various collections including Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois

2. Self-Portrait as Roland’s Daughter, 1876 / Terracotta / The Jewish Museum, NYC

3. Self-Portrait, 1910 / Oil on canvas / Bemberg Foundation, Toulouse, France

Self-portrait, ND / Charcoal on paper laid on paperboard / Private collection

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

Self-Portrait, 1975 / Cast bronze / Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC

Self-portrait on the Borderline Between Mexico
and the United States, 1932 / Oil on metal / Private collection

Self-Portrait Holding Palette, c.1928 / Oil on canvas / Private collection

Self-Portrait, c.1885 / Painting / Foundation Singer-Polignac, Paris, France

1. Self-Portrait, 1924 / Oil on canvas / Private collection

2. Self-Portrait, 1936 / Oil on canvas / Private collection


4. Self-Portrait, 1945 / Oil on canvas / National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China

5. Sculpted self-portrait of Yuliang, 1951 / Bronze / Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France