The male artist and self-observation - a selection of images

David Wilkie (1785-1841), circa 1804-5.

Boris Kustodiev (1878-1927,1910.

John Luke (1906-1975), 1928.

Alexander Bogdanovich Willewalde (1857-after 1906), 1888.

Kazimierz Pochwalski (1855-1940), 1895.

Jean-Augustin Franquelin (1798-1839, 1820.

Detail of above.

Gilbert Mason (1913-1972), date unknown.

Eduard Daege (1805-1883), date unknown (circa 1820-30s).

Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574), circa 1550.

Robert Hannaford (born 1944), 1981.

Léon Bonnat (1833-1922), 1855.

Jan Lievens (1607-1674), circa 1629-30.

Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931), 1892.

Theodor Kern (1900-1969), circa 1920s.

Carl Joseph Begas (1794-1854), 1820.

Rolf Armstrong (1889-1960), 1914.

José (of Josep) Benlliure y Gil (1858-1937), 1914.

Scipione Pulzone (circa 1550-1598), 1574.

Pierre van Hanselaere (1786-1862), 1817.

Xavier Robles de Medina (born 1990), 2014.

Same as above,