Adriaen Hanneman

Self portrait

Panel, 87 x 72 cm.

Signed and inscribed at upper left: Ano. 1669. / Quaeris quis vultus ductique Sit- / oris imago. Quaere quis hanc- / talem duxerit invenies. / Ad: ri Hanneman.

This recently rediscovered self-portrait by Adriaen Hanneman - painted not on the usual canvas but rather on panel - is the last dated work by this Hague portraitist. In 1669, when he painted this self-portrait, the 65-year-old Hanneman married for the third time. This event may have provided the direct impulse for the creation of this virtuoso work.