About this artwork
The smaller of two self-portraits in the collections by George Jamesone, this work depicts the artist without the occupational tools of a palette and set of brushes. Jamesone has portrayed himself in a manner similar to portraits he painted of his patrons - the merchants and academics of his hometown of Aberdeen and the nobility of the north-east. The portrait was restored by the painter John Alexander, the artist's great-grandson.
Updated before 2020
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artist:George Jamesone (1589/90 - 1644) Scottish
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title:George Jamesone, 1589/1590-1644. Portrait painter (Self-portrait)
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date created:About 1633
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:28.90 x 23.20 cm; Framed: 50.00 x 45.00 x 9.00 cm
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credit line:Given by the Hon. Hew Dalrymple 1900
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accession number:PG 592
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
George Jamesone
George Jamesone
Born in Aberdeen, the portrait painter George Jamesone was the son of a master-mason. He was apprenticed to the decorative painter, John Anderson of Edinburgh, in 1612. His earliest patrons were the merchants and academics of Aberdeen, but he soon became the painter to the nobility of the north...