![Hans Makart - Self-Portrait [c.1883]](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3870/14393177891_693213dbb3_o.jpg)
Painted circa 1883, the present work is a rare self-portrait. It is mentioned in Makart's second wife's memoirs, in which she asks the artist, who had always been reluctant to paint himself, to make a self-portrait for her. This commission explains the work's intimate character and modest size.
[Sold for £18,750 at Sotheby’s, London - Oil on paper laid on board, 42.5 x 31.5 cm]