File:Albrecht Dürer's Self-portrait at 26 (1498), Prado Museum (Madrid).jpg

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Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait  wikidata:Q2388965 reasonator:Q2388965
Artist
Albrecht Dürer  (1471–1528)  wikidata:Q5580 s:en:Author:Albrecht Dürer q:en:Albrecht Dürer
 
Albrecht Dürer
Alternative names
Albrecht Dürer
Description German painter, printmaker, mathematician, illuminator, copper engraver and art theorist
Date of birth/death 21 May 1471 Edit this at Wikidata 6 April 1528 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Nuremberg Nuremberg
Work period 1484 Edit this at Wikidata–1528 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Nuremberg (1484–1490), Basel (1490–1494), Strasbourg (1490–1494), Colmar (1490–1494), Frankfurt (1490–1494), Mainz (1490–1494), Cologne (1490–1494), Nuremberg (21 May 1494–1528), Innsbruck (1494), Venice (1494–1495), 1505–1506), Bologna (1505–1506), Milan (1505–1506), Florence (1505–1506), Rome (1505–1506), Augsburg (1518), Antwerp (1521)
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artist QS:P170,Q5580
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Title
Self-portrait
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre self-portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Dürer painted himself half-length and slightly turned, beside a window that opens onto a mountainous landscape. He wears a white Jerkin with black edging and a shirt with gold lace, long hair, a black and white striped cap with tassels, a brown cape and grey kid gloves. The choice of elegant, aristocratic clothing and the severe gaze he directs at the viewer with haughty serenity indicate Dürer’s wish to show off his social standing.

This work is outstanding for its rich details, the meticulous treatment of qualities, and its brilliant, gold-toned color scheme, all of which complement an impeccably precise drawing.

His satisfaction with his own artistic capacity is manifest in the German inscription on the window ledge, which reads: “1498, I painted it according to my figure. I was twenty-six years old Albrecht Dürer.”
Depicted people Albrecht Dürer Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1498 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on panelmedium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 52 cm (20.4 in); width: 41 cm (16.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,52U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,41U174728
institution QS:P195,Q160112
Current location
room 55b
Accession number
P021791
Place of creation Germany Edit this at Wikidata
Object history The work was acquired by Felipe IV at the auction of Charles the First of England
Inscriptions Signature right [Das malt ich nach meiner gestalt / Ich war sex und zwanzig Jor alt / Albrecht Dürer] [I painted this from my own appearance; I was twenty-six years old]
References Museo del Prado
Zitzlsperger, Dürers Pelz und das Recht im Bild (books.google.de), S. 20
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