Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-joshua-reynolds-444" aria-label="More by Sir Joshua Reynolds" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir Joshua Reynolds</a>
SelfPortrait when Young
Purchased 1871
adults
artist, painter
arts and entertainment
man
named individuals
people
portraits
Reynolds, Joshua
self-portraits
work and occupations
<p>This self-portrait was probably painted soon after Reynolds set up a studio in London in 1753. He had spent the previous three years studying art in Italy.</p><p>The personal connections and artistic ambitions Reynolds developed when he was abroad served him well. These years marked the beginning of a carefully-managed and hugely successful career. This self-portrait, which deliberately echoes famous</p><p>images by Rembrandt, signals his artistic aspirations. Such posturing struck a chord with London’s fashionable and aristocratic society, who wanted portraits that would flatter their growing cultural pretensions.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
3 November 2003 – 19 January 2004
2004-01-19
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2003-11-03
Portraits of Artists
Collection based display
1 December 2004 – 28 May 2006
2006-05-28
1 December 2004 – 28 May 2006
2006-05-28
2004-12-01
National Portrait Gallery (London, UK)
http://www.npg.org.uk
2004-12-01
Reciprocal loan for Reynolds at TB
Loan-out
22 March 2013 – 1 September 2013
2013-09-01
22 March 2013 – 1 September 2013
2013-09-01
2013-03-22
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2013-03-22
Image of the British School
Collection based display
7 July 2018 – 14 October 2018
2018-10-14
7 July 2018 – 14 October 2018
2018-10-14
2018-07-07
Scottish National Gallery (Edinburgh, UK)
2018-07-07
Rembrandt & Britain
Loan-out
26 November 2018 – 14 July 2019
2019-07-14
26 November 2018 – 14 July 2019
2019-07-14
2018-11-26
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2018-11-26
Joshua Reynolds
Collection based display
24 June 2023 – 29 October 2023
2023-10-29
24 June 2023 – 29 October 2023
2023-10-29
2023-06-24
The Box (Plymouth, UK)
2023-06-24
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Loan-out
Self-Portrait when Young
support: 737 × 616 mm
frame: 933 × 805 × 95 mm
Purchased 1871
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<span class="text0">This self-<a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> was probably painted soon after      Reynolds set up a studio  in London in 1753. He had spent the previous      three years studying art in Italy.  </span>
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<span class="text0">The personal connections and artistic ambitions      Reynolds developed when  he was abroad served him well. These </span><span class="text16">years marked the beginning of  a carefully-managed and      hugely successful career. This self-portrait,  which deliberately echoes      famous</span><span class="text0"> 
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<span class="text0">images by Rembrandt, signals his artistic aspirations.      Such posturing struck a chord with London’s fashionable and      aristocratic society, who wanted portraits that would flatter their      growing cultural pretensions.  </span>
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