A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries
Polish painter Irena Luczynska-Szymanowska (1890–1966)

Autoportret, before 1920 / Oil on cardboard / Private collection

Autoportret, before 1920 / Oil on cardboard / Private collection

1. Self Portrait in a Green Blouse, ND / Oil on canvas / Private collection

2. Self-Portrait, c.1925 / Oil on canvas / National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

3. Self-Portrait, c.1930 / Oil on canvas / Tate, London, UK


Self-portrait, c.1879 / Oil on canvas / Anchers Hus, Skagens Museum, Denmark

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

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.”


“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

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


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

Self Portrait, 1943 / Oil on canvas / Private collection
Image © Saloua Raouda Choucair Foundation