Remember me
From the series Remember meJacob Cornelisz painting his wife Anna, Dirck Jacobsz, Amsterdam, ca. 1533. Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo.
A great blossoming of portraiture began in Europe around 1500, when artists across the continent started applying their talents to the depiction of external human features. From powerful figures to middle classes burghers, everyone was keen to see themself immortalised in paint.
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