Self-portrait. Albrecht Dürer

This painting is a self-portrait by the painter Albrecht Dürer.

A self-portrait is a picture that a person makes of themselves.

The painting depicts Dürer from the waist up and with a serious expression.

He wears stylish clothes from that time.

The shirt has gold embroidery on the chest.

Over the shirt, he wears a doublet with black decorations and a brown cloak with a silk cord.

He also wears a cap with white and black stripes over his long, blonde hair and grey kidskin gloves that cover his hands.

Dürer rests his arm on the frame of a window.

Dürer is in a room with an open window in the back wall.

You can see a landscape of the Italian Alps through the window.

Dürer saw this landscape during his trip to Italy.

Albrecht Dürer located the signature on the painting under the window.

The phrase is in German and says: 1498. I painted it according to my likeness. I was 26 years old. Albrecht Dürer.

Albrecht Dürer painted and drew several portraits of himself at different times in his life.

He painted this self-portrait in Germany.

A few years before painting this portrait, he travelled to Italy.

In Italy, Albrecht Dürer met various Italian artists who influenced his way of painting and his belief that the work of painting is an art.

Dürer wears gloves that show he is an artist who studied, not just a worker who painted.

The gloves were a symbol of high social status.

Albrecht Dürer was born in Germany and grew up in a rich cultural and artistic environment.

He studied and wrote documents on various important topics of the time.

Albrecht Dürer also dedicated himself to painting.

He learned all the techniques and painted all the subjects of the Renaissance.

The Renaissance is a cultural movement in which artists explored ancient Greek and Roman themes.

Experts consider Albrecht Dürer a painter who introduced Italian Renaissance ideas to Germany.