Ultra HD Master (1 231 × 793 px)
Northern Renaissance
1500
Self-Portrait at Twenty-Eight
Original title: Selbstbildnis im Pelzrock
Albrecht Dürer
Museum Provenance & Technical Data
Medium / Support:
Oil on linden panel
Dimensions:
67.1 cm × 48.9 cm
Date of Creation:
1500
Scan Resolution:
1 231 × 793 px
Archive File Size:
0.4 MB
Permanent Collection:
Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
Historical Narrative
Dürer depicts himself in a fur-trimmed robe in a frontal Christ-like pose with meticulously rendered golden curls against a black background.
Visual & Curatorial Analysis
"A revolutionary assertion of the artist as divine creator rather than a mere craftsman, marking the pinnacle of German Renaissance self-portraiture."
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