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Nude Self-Portrait with Palette

1908

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The story

Gerstl dated this canvas 12 September 1908, after his separation from Mathilde Schönberg had thrown him into a deep crisis. Nude self-portraits were then an absolute taboo, and this is his only one. A little more than three weeks later he took his own life.

Source, Leopold Museum

Object details

Title: Nude Self-Portrait with Palette
Artist: Richard Gerstl
Date: 1908
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Leopold Museum, Vienna
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0753
Original image: 2344 × 3000 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Richard Gerstl. Nude Self-Portrait with Palette. 1908. Leopold Museum, Vienna. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0753/