| Self-Portrait | |
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| Artist | Nathaniel Dance-Holland |
| Year | c.1773 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 73.7 cm× 61 cm(29.0 in× 24 in) |
| Location | National Portrait Gallery, London |
Self-Portrait is a c.1773 portrait painting by the English artist Nathaniel Dance-Holland. [1] [2] A self-portrait, it features Dance-Holland in the fashionable style of the era. Dance-Holland spent a decade in Italy from 1754 and initially produced neoclassical history paintings. On his return to Britain in 1765 he became a leading portrait painter and was one of the founder members of the Royal Academy. He later served as a Member of Parliament. [3]
It was at one point claimed that it might be the self-portrait he supplied to the Society of Dilettanti when he became a member in 1777, however he had not supplied a painting by the time he resigned in 1784. Today the painting is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London, having been acquired in 1948. [4]
