OSTENDORFER, Michael (b. ca. 1494, Regensburg, d. 1549, Regensburg) |
Self-Portrait-Oil on panel, 41 x 31 cm Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna | |
The carnation in the painter's hand indicates that the self-portrait was painted for the occasion of marriage. There is a written, albeit later added, reference to it on the reverse of the panel: "Michael Ostendorfer, self-portrait as bridegroom." The portrait is reminiscent of portraits by Joos van Cleve. |