English 107 Fall 2001
College Writing
Self-Portraits by Albrecht Dürer
(1471-1528)
For every mother is well pleased with her own child, and thus also it arises that many painters paint figures resembling themselves.
--Albrecht Dürer (From The Writings of Albrecht Dürer (1958) as quoted in The Moment of Self-Portaiture in German Art, Joseph Leo Koerner (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1993.)
For a useful, brief biography of Albrecht Dürer just click on the finger:
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Click on the labels next to the following thumbnail pictures to see a larger version of each self-portrait. They are presented in chronological order.
Dürer, Age 13 
Dürer, Age 20 
Dürer, Age 22a
Dürer, Age 22b 
Dürer, Age 26 
Dürer, Age 28 
