Albrecht Dürer was a master of self - furtherance , as he start his artistic career at age 13 with a self - portrayal . Thus he ’s the perfect cougar to discuss today , at the beginning of both Self - Promotion Month and German - American Heritage Month .
1 . Dürer painted three wide - known self - portraits : one at years 22 , one at years 26 ( above ) , and one at age 29 . In the portrait , he progresses from a new , effeminate boy to a Christ - like man .
2 . By 1515 , when Dürer change works with Raphael , he had gained an external report . Giorgio Vasari , a Florentine artist , write that Dürer was the " truly big panther and creator of the most beautiful copper engravings , " a point which he stressed several times . Today , Dürer is considered by many to be the greatest German Renaissance artist .
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3 . Dürer was bitter that German language still turn over artists to be craftsmen . He felt himself to be an " artist - prince " like many of the illustrious Italian artists and his ego - portraits show a man sure of his own genius .
4 . German by nascency , Dürer favour Italy over his home plate body politic , a favoritism that is evident in many of his painting . In this self - portrayal , the landscape is reminiscent of the scenes from his trip to Italy . He is groom agree to Venetian fashion and the compositional social system is like to that of Florentine portrayal painting . At the end of a 2d trip to Italy , Dürer wrote to a friend , " O , how cold I will be away from the Dominicus ; here I am a valet de chambre , at home a sponger . "
5 . The full face fungus that Dürer sports in this self - portrait was actually rarified for men of his long time at that time . Several yr later on , Dürer wrote an ironical verse form in which he line himself as " the painter with the hirsute byssus . "
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