Self-Portrait in a Circle of Friends from Mantua
Painting by Peter Paul Rubens / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Self-portrait in a circle of friends in Mantua, also referred to as Self-Portrait in the Circle of Mantuan Friends or, for short, as Mantuan Friendship Picture[1] is an oil painting on canvas by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens, produced between 1602 and 1606 when the artist worked in Mantua as a court painter of the Gonzagas. It is in the collection of the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne.[2] It is the oldest known self-portrait by Rubens. It falls in a particular genre of portraits which was popular in the 16th and 17th century, the so-called friendship portrait which depicts an informal gathering of friends or companions. It is more specifically a portrait of a circle of Stoic friends or companions.[1][3]
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Artist | Peter Paul Rubens |
Year | 1602–1606 |
Medium | oil paint, canvas |
Dimensions | 77.5 cm (30.5 in) × 101 cm (40 in) |
Location | Wallraf–Richartz Museum |
Owner | Kunstbesitz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland |
Accession No. | Dep. 0248 |
Identifiers | RKDimages ID: 194591 Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur ID: 05011390 |