Zelfportret van Willem Hendrik Stam 1841 - 1874

This self-portrait of Willem Hendrik Stam was created between 1841 and 1874. The small-scale work shows Stam, the Dutch artist, as a young man with a neatly trimmed beard and hair, and a bowtie. This wood-engraving, now housed at the Rijksmuseum, was created by the artist himself and later printed by M.Liernur. Stam is known for his genre paintings and portraits of middle-class life. He died young, at the age of 42 in 1874.