Self-Portrait
Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller
1798. Oil on canvas. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden..A self-portrait by Swedish Neoclassical painter Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller (1751–1811), created in Stockholm in 1798. The upper section features the artist's inscription in French: "A. Wertmüller. Sv. peint par lui même Stockholm 1798". The painter depicts himself wearing a high-collared brown coat over a red vest and white shirt. The work exemplifies the late-18th-century stylistic preference for restrained, naturalistic portraiture.
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