Category:Self-Portrait (Dürer, Paris)

**Portrait of the Artist Holding a Thistle**
	self-portrait by Albrecht Dürer in the Louvre
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Instance of	painting;
Main subject	Albrecht Dürer;
Depicts	Albrecht Dürer, thistle and man
Made from material	oil paint; parchment; canvas (painting support);
Genre	self-portrait;
Location	Room 809, 1st arrondissement of Paris, Paris Centre, Paris, Grand Paris
Creator	Albrecht Dürer;
Owned by	French State;
Collection	Department of Paintings of the Louvre;
Inventory number	RF 2382 (Department of Paintings of the Louvre);
Inception	1493;
Part of the series	Self-portraits by Albrecht Dürer;
Width	44.5 cm;
Height	56.5 ±0.1 cm;
Authority file
	Q2428778; BabelNet ID: 02795188n; Joconde work ID: 000PE020417; Louvre Museum ARK ID: 010065609
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Albrecht Dürer: Portrait of the Artist Holding a Thistle

Artist



Alternative names	Albrecht Dürer
Description	German painter, printmaker, mathematician, illuminator, copper engraver and art theorist
Date of birth/death	21 May 1471	6 April 1528
Location of birth/death	Nuremberg	Nuremberg
Work period	1484 –1528
Work location	Nuremberg (1484–1490), Basel (1490–1494), Strasbourg (1490–1494), Colmar (1490–1494), Frankfurt (1490–1494), Mainz (1490–1494), Cologne (1490–1494), Nuremberg (21 May 1494–1528), Innsbruck (1494), Venice (1494–1495), 1505–1506), Bologna (1505–1506), Milan (1505–1506), Florence (1505–1506), Rome (1505–1506), Augsburg (1518), Antwerp (1521)
Authority file	: Q5580 VIAF: 54146999 ISNI: 0000000120961368 ULAN: 500115493 LCCN: n79118011 NLA: 35051029 MusicBrainz: 30a023ef-9461-4005-82b4-d65f63adb850 WGA: d/durer Open Library: OL18330A GND: 11852786X SELIBR: 184206 SUDOC: 026837013 BNF: 11900585f BPN: 25835391 NDL: 00438456 BIBSYS: 90062770 HDS: 018306 NKC: jn19990001938 SBN: RAVV009779 BNE: XX1721369 CALIS: n2004328376 CiNii: DA00362318 SIKART: 4023014 NLP: a0000001178739 KulturNav: dd536e2b-40c5-4745-8023-e02dd625c9e2 RKD: 24586 J9U: 987007260748705171 Koninklijke: 068351267 Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural: pessoa351143/albrecht-duerer NLK: KAC200005159 WorldCat

Title

Portrait of the artist holding a thistle.

Series title

Self-portraits by Albrecht Dürer

Object type

painting

Genre

self-portrait

Depicted people

Albrecht Dürer

Date

1493

Medium

oil on parchment pasted on canvas

Dimensions

56 × 44 cm (22 × 17.3 in)

Collection

Louvre Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Louvre Museum
	Location	1st arrondissement of Paris , France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E
	Established	10 August 1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority file	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 000000012260177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat

Current location

Ecoles du Nord, room 8: Germanic countries, 16th century. Richelieu, 2^nd floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Paintings).

Accession number

RF 2382