Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Michael Dahl NPG 3822

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Michael Dahl

This masterful self-portrait was painted when Dahl was little-known in England. In it he presents himself as a cultured artist, indicating his classical learning by pointing to an antique bust under which lie, as if in tribute, the tools of his trade, his palette and brushes. Although the architecture and pose are formal and his dress is luxurious, Dahl reminds the viewer of the physical work of an artist by leaving his shirt unbuttoned and his cropped hair without the customary wig.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.