# Self-Portrait

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/carducho-vicente-r90718b5980cadc/self-portrait-r0eb3c04197b6c1>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [CARDUCHO, Vicente](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/carducho-vicente-r90718b5980cadc>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 101 x 86 cm

## Commentary

While portraits of painters and sculptors were common in Italy and the Netherlands, they were a rarity in Spain where artists were not considered appropriate subjects because of their low social status. Vicente Carducho&#39;s self-portrait is a successful example of this genre.

## Related artworks

- [St Francis Receiving the Stigmata](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/carducho-vicente-r90718b5980cadc/st-francis-receiving-the-stigmata-racc7bbe02882eb>)
- [The Vision of St Anthony of Padua](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/carducho-vicente-r90718b5980cadc/the-vision-of-st-anthony-of-padua-r4e5caddf41218f>)
- [Vision of St Francis of Assisi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/carducho-vicente-r90718b5980cadc/vision-of-st-francis-of-assisi-r73231d21adee68>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)