# Self-Portrait [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [DANCE-HOLLAND, Nathaniel]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 74 x 61 cm ## Commentary Self-Portrait c. 1773 Oil on canvas, 74 x 61 cm National Portrait Gallery, London The painter was the third son of architect George Dance the Elder \(1700-1768\). He added the 'Holland' suffix later in life. Dance-Holland studied art under Francis Hayman \(c. 1708-1776\), and like many contemporaries also studied in Italy. He painted several history and classical paintings, and he was influenced by the portrait style of Pompeo Batoni. In England Dance-Holland became a successful portrait painter, one of his most famous portraits is of 'Captain Cook' \(1766\). With Hayman and his architect brother George Dance the Younger \(1741-1825\), he was one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768. In 1790 he retired from being an artist, became an MP, and was created a baronet. ## Related artworks - [Conversation Piece]() - [Official portrait of Captain James Cook]() - [Portrait of Anne, Countess of Albemarle]() - [Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Compton, Later Countess of Burlington]() - [Portrait of Mrs Paterson]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()