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Zelfportret van George Hendrik Breitner

George Hendrik Breitner

1880 - 1923

Medium

paper

Dimensions

h 202mm × w 132mm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

paper; chalk

Object Type

drawing

Subject Matter

historical persons; portrait, self-portrait of draughtsman; portrait, self-portrait of painter; portrait, self-portrait of artist

Acquisition Method

bequest

Acquired

1948

Notes

Legaat van mevrouw M.C.J. Breitner-Jordan, Zeist

Collection Type

drawings

About George Hendrik Breitner

1857–1923 • Kingdom of the Netherlands

In the early 1880s, he and Vincent van Gogh painted the residents of the working class neighborhoods of The Hague and in the province of Drenthe. Breitner moved to Amsterdam in 1886, where he became the leading painter of the Amsterdam Impressionists, documenting the urban life of Amsterdam and its residents. Comment on works: Landscapes; Views