paintasyoulike: “But look, most of all, at the seriousness of his gaze, both haughty and humble, and
paintasyoulike: “But look, most of all, at the seriousness of his gaze, both haughty and humble, and note the irregularity of his rendering of his own eyes, one leveled at the viewer, just behind the nose, and the other, open a bit wider, and looking just over our own left shoulder. He’s telling us something; I’m not entirely sure what, probably something about things having two meanings. This remarkable painting is about a mind manifesting, supremely confident, but it’s also about a mind scrutinizing itself. This is, after all, what all artists do, to this day. ” James Siena on Albrecht Dürer -- source link