An oil-on-wood panel self-portrait by the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528 CE). Painted c. 1500 when the artist was 28, this portrait shows Dürer's mastery of natural realism - indeed, his dog was impressed, it is said to have licked the painting, such was the realistic effect of his master in oils. The artist signed the picture not one but twice, and at eye-level at that. Dürer was particularly keen on self-portraits; he painted himself more than any other Renaissance artist.
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