Question

Compare and contrast the self-portraits that the artists Michelangelo, Raphael, Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden included in their respective works Last Judgment (3.6.8b), The School of Athens (3.6.10), and The Arnolfini Portrait (3.6.11) and Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin (3.6.12). How has each artist included himself in his work? Considering the great reputations of these artists, even in their own lifetimes, why do you think they made these self-portraits so subtle?

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