Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Self-portrait 1498 Oil on panel, 52 x 41 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid In the same year that he published the Apocalipsis cum figuris, Dürer painted himself as a gentleman, dressed in light toned clothes and looking his…
Magritte, René (1898-1967) La Mort des Fantômes (The Death of Ghosts) 1928 Gelatin silver print, 13.9 x 8.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The great Surrealist painter of philosophical conundrums was also a prolific photographer who sometimes used his…
Desboutin, Marcellin (1823-1902) L’Auteur fumant, à mi-corps (The author smoking, half-length) 1897 Etching, drypoint and roulette, 34.6 × 24.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Autoritratto (Self-Portrait) 1912–1913 Oil on canvas, 87.3 × 69.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York De Chirico painted this self-portrait while he lived in Paris from 1911 to 1915. He created there melancholy cityscapes that became…
Canaletto (1697-1768) Walton Bridge 1754 Oil on canvas, 48.7 x 76.4 cm Dulwich Picture Gallery, London Inscribed verso: ‘Fatto nel anno 1754 in Londra per la pri[ma] ed ultima [volta con ogni maggior attenzione] ad instanza [del Signor Cavaliere Hollis] padrone…
Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911) Portrait de l’artiste (Portrait of the artist) s.d. Etching and drypoint, 69.5 × 56.8 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) Autoritratto Studio di autoritratto (Self portrait Self portrait study) s.d. Pencil on buff paper, 17.2 × 15.8 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne