Self-Portrait is an oil on canvas painting by Flemish painter Paul Bril.

[4] The landscape painting sitting on the easel is typical of Bril's early work which is characterised by small figures, deep and shaded foregrounds and "masses of silvery foliage, attributes that [Bril] shared with other Flemish painters".

[1] In this self-portrait Bril sought to show the viewer who he is and "what he stands for".

[5][1] Bril is serenading his own work, with his hand firmly grasping his lute.

The painter is sharing with the viewer a "gradually growing poetic force", to which he gives metaphorical manifestation in the music he's playing with the lute.