Selbstporträt,_by_Albrecht_Dürer,_from_Prado_in_Google_Earth.jpg
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Summary
Albrecht Dürer : Self-Portrait | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q5580
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Title |
Self-portrait
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | self-portrait | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English:
Dürer painted himself half-length and slightly turned, beside a window that opens onto a mountainous landscape. Dürer painted himself with an open black and white doublet with a striped cap, an undershirt trimmed with gold and a silk cord of blue and white threads holding up a grey-brown cloak that falls over his right shoulder and grey kidskin gloves. He wears long hair and is shown in half-length three-quarter view. 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.” |
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Depicted people | Albrecht Dürer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 1498 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | oil on panel medium 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
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q160112
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Current location |
room 55b
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Accession number |
P021791
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Place of creation | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | The Prado in Google Earth: Home - 7 th level of zoom, JPEG compression quality: 9. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission
( Reusing this file ) |
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