BROCKY, Károly
(b. 1807, Temesvár, d. 1855, London)

Self-Portrait

after 1850
Oil on canvas, 22 x 18 cm
Magyar Nemzeti Galéria, Budapest

This painting is one of the two surviving self-portraits from the last years of the artist. The self-portrait in red garment is a masterpiece in the series of 19th-century self-portraits.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 3 minutes):
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No 6