Self-portraits
WHS containing immovable self-portraits of artists.
Connected Sites
Site | Rationale | Link |
Blenheim Palace | The frescoes in the Saloon were painted by Louis Laguerre - including a Self Portrait | |
Congonhas | The Passion figures -"One of the figures watching the crucifixion is believed to be a portrait (or self-portrait) of Aleijadinho." (Wiki) | |
Florence | Ghiberti on the Gates of Paradise at the Baptistery | |
Maritime Greenwich | Painted Hall contains a self portrait of the artist Sir James Thornhill. See No 6 in | |
Prague | Sculpture of Peter Parler at the cathedral | |
Vatican City | Michaelangelo as a limp skin in the Last Judgement | |
Würzburg Residence | Tiepolo at the Europe group of the staircase fresco |
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