Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait
Artist
Creation date
1791-1793
Materials
oil on canvas
Dimensions
20 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Kurt F. Pantzer
Accession number
72.206
Collection
Currently On View In
The J.M.W. Turner Suite
Turner gave this, his first oil painting to his resident housekeeper of forty years Hannah Danby who bequeathed it in 1853 to Turner's admirer, the critic John Ruskin.
"It is to me, who knew him in his age, entirely the germ and virtually capable contents of the man I knew" wrote Ruskin, but only guessing at the date, had the Latin label read: "J.M.W. Turner, by his hand, in the fourth lustrum of life [between 16 and 20]."
Provenance Research is on-going at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and information will be added to this record as research is completed. Please contact Annette Schlagenhauff, Assoc. Curator of Research, at aschlagenhauff@imamuseum.org with any questions.
