# Presumed Self-Portrait [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [POURBUS, Frans the Elder]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 81 x 64 cm ## Commentary Although Frans Pourbus's career was brief, his talent as a portraitist has been universally recognised. The present painting is probably the artist's self-portrait at the beginning of his career. It is a work of youth, in which we can feel, despite some blunders, the artist's pride for his art and the promise of a successful career. On the removal of the old varnish, the signature and the date have been discovered, albeit today hardly visible to the naked eye. Whether or not it is Frans Pourbus's self-portrait cannot be proved on the basis of documentary evidence. The portraits of Frans Pourbus the Elder are rare and often posthumous, therefore, unreliable. ## Related artworks - [Christ among the Doctors]() - [Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St John the Evangelist and Mary Magdalene]() - [David and Abigail]() - [Portrait of a Knight of the Order of Calatrava]() - [Portrait of a Man]() - [Portrait of a Man]() - [Portrait of a Woman]() - [Portrait of a Young Woman]() - [The Prodigal Son Among Courtesans]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()