Jan Kupecký self portrait (Slovak National Gallery)


Portrait of a man or Self-portrait is a picture of Slovak painter Jan Kupecký. It was created in the period from 1700 to 1709.
The picture is painted in oil on canvas and has dimensions of 68.2 x 56 cm.
The picture is part of the collection of the Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Analysis

This portrait is different from his kind. A combination of light and dusk.
The actual highlight facial features, such as reduced descriptive details.
This portrait of an unknown man has for a long time been considered the only original work of Jan Kupiecka in the collections of Slovak galleries and museums.
The picture is later signature and date - around 1709 Based on comparisons, it is considered that self-portrait of the artist from about 1700; in the monograph of Eduard A. Safarik, it is assumed that the work is an early self-portrait of significantly young artist Franz Anton Palko.
The Italian period of the artist is very poorly known.
The only proven his picture of that time was "Portrait of a man". His work focuses mainly on painting portraits.
Jan Kupiecka is one of the brightest representatives of the Central European Baroque.