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The Complete Works of Philippe Smit
by Andreas Narzt and Florence Castellani

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Classification: Painting
Theme: figurative
Medium: Oil
Support: On canvas
Year: 1916
PS 125 (P 2505; LNC 190)
Self-Portrait, Hand at Chin
Alternate titles: Self Portrait; Self Portrait (with landscape)
Before 1916
Oil on canvas
43 5/16 x 47 1/2 in. (110 x 120.5 cm)
Inscribed and signed on the back upper left: appartient/ a [sic]/ Dien/ Philippe
On the back: exposition label Philadelphia on the frame upper center and a handwritten label: Portrait of the Artist (Hand at Chin)/ N° 2505/ Laren on the stretcher lower left; a metal plate: Mme Smit and a piece of paper tape inscribed: Portrait de l'Artiste la main au menton/ 47 on the frame upper right and lower left respectively.
The Lord's New Church, Bryn Athyn, PA
Inventories
Inv. Berendina Hubscher, n.d. [ante 1952], s.n., private archives: no. [03] [P 2505]: p.[1], Toiles: Portrait de l'artiste, la main au menton.
Donation Berendina Hubscher, 20-06-1952, (attestation 03-09-1953), n.p., s.n. private archives: no. [P 2505]: A Monsieur Laren Pitcairn: Tableaux, 1- Portrait de l'Artiste, la main au menton.
Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 2505: Mr. Laren Pitcairn (donation by Mrs. Smit), Portrait of the Artist (hand at chin), Oil, 43 x 74 1/2 [in.].
Inv. LNC, 1984, updated Oct. 1998, LNC archives: no. P 2505: p. 3, The Main Residence - Large Living Room, Portrait of the Artist (hand at chin), Oil, 43 x 47 1/2 [in.].
Exhibitions
1957 Springfield
The Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, Philippe Smit, An Exhibition of Works by a Twentieth Century Dutch Master, December 01–29, 1957, no. 6, as Self Portrait, Oil - Circa 1916, 53 x 58 [in.]
1960 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Collection of the Rev. and Mrs. Theodore Pitcairn, June 17–September 15, 1960, no. 38, Oil, 43 x 47 1/2 [in.], 1918, Self Portrait (with landscape), 11-1960-38 (title and n° on the exhibition label).
Literature & Primary Sources
No known published references.
Record last updated November 11, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Self-Portrait, Hand at Chin, Before 1916 (PS 125)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=125 (accessed on September 10, 2025).