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- Dictionaryself-portrait/ˌsɛlfˈpɔːtreɪt/
noun
- 1. a portrait that an artist produces of themselves: "a self-portrait of Rembrandt dating back to 1635"
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A self-portrait is a portrait of an artist made by themselves. Although self-portraits have been made since the earliest times, the practice of self-portraiture only gaining momentum in the Early Renaissance in the mid-15th century that artists can be frequently identified depicting themselves as either the main subject, or as important characters in their work. With better and cheaper mirrors, an... Wikipedia