MARTIN, David
(b. 1737, Anstruther, Fife, d. 1798, Edinburgh)

Self-Portrait

c. 1760
Oil on canvas, 50 x 39 cm
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

This youthful self-portrait was painted while he was still an assistant of his fellow Scotsman Allan Ramsay in London. He painted himself with clear skin, rosy cheeks and wavy ginger hair.