A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries
French painter Marie Guilhelmine Benoist (1768-1826)

Self-Portrait, 1786 / Oil on canvas / Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany

Self-Portrait, 1786 / Oil on canvas / Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany

Streetcars of Desires, 2020 / Oil on canvas / Meredith Rosen Gallery, NYC


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

1. Self-Portrait, c.1935 / Oil on board / The Jewish Museum, NY, NY

2. Self-Portrait, c.1935-1940 / Pen and ink / Private collection

3. Untitled (Self-Portrait), c.1938 / Ink and watercolor on paper / National Portrait Gallery, DC



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.”