# Self-Portrait

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MARTIN, David](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martin-david-r2a4593b16e8b92>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 50 x 39 cm

## Commentary

Self-Portrait c. 1760 Oil on canvas, 50 x 39 cm National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh This youthful self-portrait was painted while he was still an assistant of his fellow Scotsman Allan Ramsay in London. He painted himself with clear skin, rosy cheeks and wavy ginger hair.

## Related artworks

- [Portrait of Benjamin Franklin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martin-david-r2a4593b16e8b92/portrait-of-benjamin-franklin-ra7fdb63745ff2a>)
- [Portrait of James Macpherson](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martin-david-r2a4593b16e8b92/portrait-of-james-macpherson-r2bb6bffbdd4aa3>)

## Attribution

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