Portrait de l'artiste tenant un chardon
Premier autoportrait peint de Dürer, pouvant être un portrait de fiançailles – le chardon ou panicaut (eryngium), que tient Dürer, serait en ce cas un symbole de fidélité conjugale.
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- parchemin collé sur toile
- Dimensions
- Hauteur 0,565 m; Hauteur avec accessoire 0,72 m; Largeur 0,445 m; Largeur avec accessoire 0,59 m
- Department
- Département des Peintures
- Holding institution
- Musée du Louvre
- Image provider
- wikimedia-commons
- License
- Public domain
- Credit
- Musée du Louvre, Département des Peintures
Art Genome Taxonomy
8 tags
Subject Matter
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Self-Portrait Both · 99%
The Louvre identifies the work as Dürer’s first painted self-portrait, and the image shows a single individualized sitter presenting his own likeness to the viewer.
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Flora Both · 98%
The sitter visibly holds a spiny flowering plant, identified in the Louvre metadata as a chardon or panicaut (eryngium).
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Face Visual · 96%
The face is the dominant visual focus, rendered with detailed features and a steady gaze directed toward the viewer.
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Symbolic Composition Both · 67%
The plant is prominently displayed as an emblematic object; the Louvre links it, conditionally, to a possible engagement portrait and marital fidelity.
Visual Qualities
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Dark Colors Visual · 94%
The nearly black background and dark outer garment occupy much of the composition and strongly contrast with the illuminated face, shirt, and hands.
Medium and Techniques
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Painting Visual · 99%
The image clearly presents a painted portrait with modeled flesh, layered color, and linear painted details.
Time Periods
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15th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The Louvre records the creation date as 1493, in the fourth quarter of the fifteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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German Art Metadata · 95%
The catalog identifies the artist as Albrecht Dürer and gives the artist display as Germany.
Source & rights
Albrecht Dürer. photo Shonagon 2024-12-13