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Dürer, Albrecht: Self-Portraits |
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 141.2K, 828 x 1046 |
Self-Portrait at 26 Painted: 1498 Oil on panel 52 x 41 cm Museo Nacional del Prado Madrid |
Self-Portrait at 28 (Self-Portrait in Furcoat) Painted: 1500 Oil on panel 67 x 49 cm Alte Pinakothek Munich |
 124.0K, 778 x 1071 |
 139.3K, 825 x 1054 | Self-portrait at 22 (Selfportrait with flower) Painted: 1493 Oil on linen, transferred from vellum 57 x 45 cm Musee du Louvre |
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The most celebrated of Dürer's many self-portraits is this painting,
made when he was 29 and renowned throughout Europe. Frankly idealized
into a Christlike image, it may have been meant by Dürer to remind
viewers that an artist's creative spirit is God-given.
``Facing strait
forward, wearing a brown robe with a dark brown fur collar and ornamental
notches on the sleeves, he is delicately grasping the fur of the collar,
and he seems to be showing a tiny bit of a white (possibly
Fruit-of-the-Loom) T-shirt under the coat.''
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