7:00 pm–8:30 pm
Since its origins in the 15th century, self-portraiture has told a story of self-awareness and self-fashioning. Witness masterful performances, from the dazzling to the bizarre. The cast includes Van Eyck, Raphael, Dürer, Parmigianino, Rembrandt, Leyster, Poussin, Reynolds, Vigée Le Brun, Labille-Guiard, Friedrich, Runge, Messerschmidt, and Barry.
Jonathan Ribner, associate professor, History of Art and Architecture, Boston University
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Self-Portrait, 1790. Oil on canvas. Gallerie degli Uffizi, Corridoio Vasariano, Florence (1890, n. 1905)
Session 2 of 5 in Turning Inward: Self-Portraits across Time course
Assistive listening system
Wheelchair accessible
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