Myself, Portrait-Landscape ☷ Rousseau ☰ Canvas horses following the example of Rembrandt

following the example of Rembrandt

and Roger Fry

It is interpreted as an emblem of life's transience and individual salvation

demonstrating his abilities and attention to detail

symbolizing anxiety

Myself, Portrait-Landscape ☷ Rousseau ☰ Canvas horses following the example of RembrandtMyself, Portrait Landscape (1890, Moi mme, portrait paysage) by Henri Rousseau is a self portrait titled to claim equal status between the typically distinct genres of portraits and landscapes. Rousseau is wearing the insignia of the Ordre des Palmes acadmiques as a buttonhole pin, which was awarded to a namesake of his but never to him, and holding a palette bearing the names of his two wives "Clmence et Josephine!" He stands as an oversized figure