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A painting by Parmigianino in 1524 Self-portrait in a mirror, demonstrates the phenomenon. Mirrors permit surprising compositions like the Triple self-portrait by Johannes Gumpp (1646), or more recently that of Salvador Dalí shown from the back painting his wife, Gala (1972–73). This use of the mirror often results in right-handed painters ...
Las Meninas, painted in 1656, shows Diego Velázquez working at the easel to the left.. Self-portraiture has a long history. In Reynolds & Peter's analysis, the handprints that prehistoric humanity left in cave paintings can be considered precursors of the self-portrait, as they are a direct document of the author's presence in the creative act and his perception of the existence of a "self".
Self-Portrait at an Easel; Self-portrait at an Easel (Sofonisba Anguissola) Self-Portrait at Seventy-Eight (Ingres) Self-portrait by Judith Leyster; Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky; Self-Portrait in a Black Eyepatch; Self-Portrait in a Group of Friends; Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat; Self-Portrait in a Striped T-shirt; Self-portrait in a ...
This category is about Self-portraiture, or Autoportraiture: field of art theory and history that studies the history, means of production, circulation, reception, forms, and meanings of self-portraits
Self-portrait is a 1780 oil on panel self portrait by the British artist Sir Joshua Reynolds. [1] Reynolds was a leading portraitist and had been President of the Royal Academy since its foundation in 1768. He produced a number of self-portraits during his long career, possibly inspired by the Old Master Rembrandt whose stance he imitates in ...
Self Portrait, oil on canvas, 1652. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.The first for several years. As in the drawing of the same year, Rembrandt wears his working clothes, except perhaps for his hat, which draws on historical styles and earlier portraits.
Self-portrait; Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror by John Ashbery: the portrait is the subject of a long poem in a poetry collection by Ashbery, both the poem and the collection of the same name. The book won all three of the major prizes awarded to collections by American poets.
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. [1]