Self-Portrait (Bavarian State Painting Collections)
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Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich
About the painting
Self-Portrait (or Self-Portrait at Twenty-Eight) is a panel painting by the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer. Completed early in 1500, just before his 29th birthday, it is the last of his three painted self-portraits. Art historians consider it the most personal, iconic and complex of these.
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The self-portrait is considered remarkable because of its resemblance to contemporary representations of Christ, which could be interpreted as a feat of either stunning arrogance or blasphemy. The similarities with the conventions of religious painting include the positioning of his hands which seem to be in the act of blessing, the manner of his direct gaze, and the sober and earthy tones.
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Image: Albrecht Dürer; Wikimedia Commons · public domain