Self-portrait
Otto Overbeck (1860 - 1937)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1902
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
345 x 250 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Overbeck's House, Devon
NT 1413439
Caption
Artists had been producing self portraits well before it became popular in Tudor times. A chance for the artist to reflect their own image for the future. Many chose to depict themselves in their best clothes or alongside objects that represented themselves or their life in some way.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Self-portrait by Otto Christoph Joseph Gerhardt Ludwig Overbeck (1860 - 1937), 1902.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Otto Christoph Joseph Gerhardt Ludwig Overbeck (c.1852 - 1937) with the collections, house and gardens in 1937
Credit line
Ovebeck’s The Otto Overbeck Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Brass plaque on frame reading 'Otto Overbeck self portrait 1902'
Makers and roles
Otto Overbeck (1860 - 1937), artist