Autoportrait Day 261~ Anonymous Mughal Artist

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

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 Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid

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

3. Self-portrait Lying on the Floor, 1927 / Painting / Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid

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

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Autoportrait Day 258~ Maria Walpurgis

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

Princess of Bavaria and Electress of Saxony, 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. Engraving by Giuseppe Canale based on a pastel self-portrait, 1764 / British Museum, London, UK

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Autoportrait Day 253~ Amelia Peláez

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

Cuban painter Amelia Peláez del Casal (1896-1968)

1. Autorretrato, 1935 / Graphite on paper on board / Pérez Art Museum, Miami, FL

2. Autorretrato, 1945 / Gouache on paper on board / Private collection

3. Autorretrato, 1946 / Gouache and watercolor on paper / Private collection

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Autoportrait Day 251~ Elvira Bach

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

Postmodernist German painter Elvira Bach (born 1951)

1. Self-portrait with Shoe, 1992 / Color offset on paper / Private collection

2. All That is Me, 2013 / Oil on canvas / Private collection

3. Self, 2015 / Acrylic on canvas / Private collection

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Autoportrait Day 247~ Mary Grace

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

“Recent scholarship has determined that this is a self-portrait, the only painting we know to still exist,
by the recorded artist Mary Grace, née Hodgkiss.” ~Santa Barbara Museum of Art

British painter Mary Grace (died 1786?)

Self Portrait, 1760s / Oil on canvas / Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA

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