TitleHendrik Dirk Kruseman Van Elten (?)
Daten.d.
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 30 × 25 in.
SubmissionANA diploma presentation, May 6, 1872
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number1515-P
Label TextSeveral years after the death of Van Elten, the Academy realized that the identity of the painter of his portrait was unknown. Letters of inquiry were sent to older Academicians. Only one, J. C. Nicoll, offered an opinion: "I can recall seeing Mr. Van Elten painting his own portrait so this may [be] the one in the Academy, but I can not be sure." It was apparently on the strength of this information that the painting was listed in Academy records as a self-portrait later in the century.[? is such a necktie appropriate for 1872 portrait?]
