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Dürer painted himself frontally, with flowing hair and a steady gaze, in a pose traditionally reserved for images of Christ — an audacious claim for the dignity of the artist. Rigorously symmetrical and minutely detailed, it asserts painting as a noble calling. He signed it with his famous monogram.
Self-Portrait at Twenty-Eight
- Date1500
- MovementNorthern Renaissance
- WhereAlte Pinakothek, Munich
- RegionCentral Europe