Selbstbildnis im Pelzrock,

1500

Material / Technology / Carrier

Lindenholz (Tilia sp.)

Dimensions of the object

67,1 x 48,9 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal I

Department

Altdeutsche Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

537

Acquisition

1805 aus Nürnberg angekauft

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Albrecht Dürer, Selbstbildnis im Pelzrock, 1500, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/Qlx2QpQ4Xq (Last updated on 24.11.2023)

“I, Albrecht Dürer of Nuremberg portrayed myself in appropriate colours aged twenty-eight years”—each word of this inscription in Latin was carefully chosen. This self-portrait, probably the most unusual in the history of art due to its immediate frontality and meticulous execution, touches most viewers. Dürer based the style of this portrait on icons of Christ the Saviour, his hand raised in the sign of a blessing; the details, however, are highly individual. The direct gaze and the hand in the picture address seeing and the act of creating.