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unusual facts about self portrait



Self-portrait as the Apostle Paul

Self-portrait as the Apostle Paul is a 1661 self portrait by the Dutch artist Rembrandt.

Self-portrait as Zeuxis Laughing

Self-portrait as Zeuxis Laughing is a 1663 self portrait by the Dutch artist Rembrandt, now in the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum in Cologne.


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Attilio Andreoli

His works can be found Galleria d’arte Moderna of Milan, two portraits at the Ospedale Maggiore, Church of San Antonio of Milan; and in the Galleria d’arte Moderna of Piacenza (Self-Portrait), and in Pinacoteca of Chiari.

Bound and Gagged: Pornography and the Politics of Fantasy in America

# "Clothes Make The Man" is a look at transvestite pornography, specifically the self-portrait personal advertistements, comparing them to the more "respectable" work of photographer Cindy Sherman.

Brita Granström

In 2011 her self-portrait Mother of Four was bought by The Ruth Borchard Collection.

Cornelis Bisschop

These had been his students along with Margaretha van Godewijk who wrote an emblem about his self-portrait with a curtain, which illustrates the legend of Zeuxis.

Curvilinear perspective

Examples of approximated five-point perspective can also be found in the self-portrait of the mannerist painter Parmigianino seen through a shaving mirror.

Edgar Oliver

Notable New York City productions include his roles in Edward II with Cliplight Theater and numerous productions at the Axis Theatre Company including A Glance at New York (which played at the Edinburgh Festival) and his autobiographical one-man show East 10th Street: Self Portrait With Empty House which enjoyed an extended run with Axis.

Els Quatre Gats

The bar hosted revolving art exhibits, including one of the first one-man shows by Pablo Picasso; the most prominent piece in its permanent collection was a lighthearted Casas self-portrait, depicting him smoking a pipe while pedaling a tandem bicycle with Romeu as his stoker.

Être Dieu

Dalí painted "Self-Portrait" (1972) to mark the composition of the opera, which was later auctioned by the United States Customs Service after being seized after Colombian drug lords tried to use the painting to launder money.

Fiona Lowry

The $100,000 portrait prize for her painting What I Assume You Shall Assume, was a naked self-portrait set in the Belanglo State Forest a scene of menace as the site of the backpacker murders.

George Clint

His mezzotints included The Trial of Queen Caroline, after George Henry Harlow; a portrait of the William Pitt, after John Hoppner; a portrait of Margaret, Lady Dundas, after Thomas Lawrence; a portrait of Miss Siddons, again after Lawrence, and a print after a self-portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds.

Gustav Kruell

Currently, the British Museum houses over 12 works by Gustav Kruell; including a self-portrait, a portrait of his own father, as well as portraits of Henry Waldstein, Mr. Kinglake, Auguste Rodin, Wendell Phillips Garrison, James Russell Lowell, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes and scenes like; "A Fishmarket in Venice", "The Flight of Night", "The Discoverer".

Hand with Reflecting Sphere

Hand with Reflecting Sphere also known as Self-Portrait in Spherical Mirror is a lithograph print by Dutch artist M. C. Escher, first printed in January 1935.

Johan Claesz Loo

His portrait in the 1633 schutterstuk formed the inspiration for a self-portrait by William Merritt Chase in 1903.

Kate Osann

The rear flap of the dust jacket was devoted to a self-portrait of Kate O'Sann, and a brief biography of her which reads in part, "Illustrator Kate O'sann, a native of Missouri, grew up in New York City, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Hunter College and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She makes her home in Orlando, Florida, with her husband, William O. Chessman, and 'two large and vocal children' - William and Kathy."

Marcellus Laroon

He painted portraits of Queen Mary (engraved in mezzotint by Robert Williams), Caius Gabriel Cibber the sculptor, and others; his self-portrait by himself showed the scars resulting from injuries received in a street quarrel.

Maxwell Armfield

A detail from Armfield's painting Self-Portrait (1901; Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery), was used as the cover illustration of the Oxford World's Classics 2006 edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray.

New Order 316

The video opens with scenes featuring a digitised version of the Taras Shevchenko self-portrait.

Rainer Crone

The artist suggested a Red Self-Portrait, which had been recently acquired by Warhol's largest European dealer and Interview magazine co-owner Bruno Bischofberger and signed, dated and dedicated to "Bruno B."

Ruthmere Mansion

In the hallway are a doll collection, a grandfather clock and art hanging on the walls and stairwell, including The Lost Profile by William Morris Hunt, a portrait of the painters' wife, and a self-portrait by Samuel F. B. Morse.

Scottish National Portrait Gallery

The collection continues to expand in the present day, with Scottish painters such as John Bellany (Peter Maxwell Davies, self-portrait and Billy Connelly) and John Byrne, whose works include images of himself, Tilda Swinton, Billy Connelly and Robbie Coltrane.

Self-portrait in a circle of friends from Mantua

Self-portrait in a circle of friends from Mantua is an oil on canvas by Peter Paul Rubens, produced between 1602 and 1604.

Self-portrait with dishevelled hair

Self-portrait with dishevelled hair is an early self-portrait by the Dutch artist Rembrandt, now in the Rijksmuseum.

Self-portrait with the Colosseum

Self-portrait with the Colosseum is a painting by the Dutch artist Maarten van Heemskerck, showing himself in front of the Colosseum in Rome.

Stephen Alonzo Schoff

Among his other noteworthy portraits are Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nathaniel Hawthorne, George Eliot, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Emanuel Swedenborg and a self-portrait after a W.H.W. Bicknell photograph.

The Bride of the Wind

Kokoschka's best known work, it is an allegorical picture featuring a self-portrait by the artist, lying alongside his lover Alma Mahler.

The Justice of Trajan and Herkinbald

Both Nicholas of Cusa (in 1453) and Dubuisson-Aubenay (in the 1620s) mentioned that the work contained a self-portrait, generally though to be faithfully reproduced in the 'Herkinbald slaying his nephew' passage.

Turbulent Indigo

The album takes inspiration from the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh for Mitchell's self-portrait on the cover.

Yin Zhaohui

This oil on canvas painting was inspired by John Coplans’ “Self Portrait Fingers,” a series of photographs that show Coplan’s own hands in various sexually suggestive positions.

Young Sick Bacchus

Cindy Sherman, as part of her "History Portrait" series (1989-1990), produced a parody on Sick Bacchus, an ironic photographic self-portrait named "Untitled # 224".