# Self-Portrait as Abbot of the Accademia della Val di Blenio [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LOMAZZO, Giovan Paolo]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 56 x 44 cm ## Commentary Self-Portrait as Abbot of the Accademia della Val di Blenio c. 1568 Oil on canvas, 56 x 44 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan In this rather unusual self-portrait the painter represents himself in the guise of "abbot" \(president\) of the Accademia della Val di Blenio \(or Bregno\). The Accademia della Val di Blenio \(part of the present-day canton of Ticino in Switzerland\) was founded in Milan in 1560. It is likely that Lomazzo's election in August 1568 to abbot, the highest rank within the brotherhood, provided the occasion for the execution of this curious self-portrait. ## Related artworks - [Head of an Executioner]() - [Self-Portrait]() - [Study of a Prophet]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()