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In 1908 Lavery was requested by the Uffizi Gallery in Florence to provide them with a self portrait, a considerable honour and an acknowledgement of his position and reputation. Hitherto, he had executed only one notable self portrait, that in Pére et Fille (Musée d’Orsay). Thereafter, however, he painted self portraits every few years, for the rest of his life. The portrait shows Lavery standing by a table, wearing cap and gown, his right hand resting on an elaborate and richly decorated silver freedom box. He wears the robe of a Doctor of Laws, the degree that Queen’s conferred upon him in 1925, in an honorary capacity. The freedom box, predominant in the foreground, symbolises the freedom of the city, which he was granted in 1930. (He also received the freedom of Dublin and was awarded an honorary Doctorate by Trinity College.
Title
Self Portrait (The Silver Casket)
Date
1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 101.5 x W 76.3 cm
Accession number
QUB 43
Acquisition method
gift, 1935; on loan to Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
J. Lavery