# Dürer paints the 1498 self-portrait now in the Prado as a public face

Date: 1498

## The fact

In 1498 [Dürer](/people/albrecht-durer) painted a self-portrait in three-quarter gentleman’s dress, later in the Prado. The dated panel is not the 1500 frontal Christ-type self-portrait stored on another row. Albrecht Dürer’s documented role is: He painted a dated 1498 self-portrait in gentleman’s dress. Later Prado custody is not the painting act. Do not twin this with the 1500 Christ-like self-portrait. Later editors, printers, and excavators remain named where they appear. Albrecht Dürer's documented role is: He painted a dated 1498 self-portrait in gentleman’s dress. Later Prado custody is not the painting act.

## Context

After the Apocalypse series and a first Italian journey, a market in independent portraits already existed. A painter’s face is not a unique census. Later museum accession is not 1498. Named others on the file: Unnamed sitters’ market, later Spanish royal collecting, and the painter share the panel’s survival. The public setting is the file around 1498-01-01. Unnamed clerks, soldiers, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Contribution type is direct. The instrument stays Dürer paints the 1498 self-portrait now in the Prado as a public face. The setting of Dürer paints the 1498 self-portrait now in the Prado as a public face is the public file around 1498-01-01. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Contribution type is direct. Driver edu-[digital-learning-access](/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

## Evidence and sources

Prado heritage and Britannica independently date a 1498 self-portrait distinct from 1500. Official: Museo del Prado — Dürer self-portrait 1498 heritage (https://www.museodelprado.es/; Museo Nacional del Prado). Independent: Britannica — Albrecht Dürer, 1498 self-portrait (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albrecht-Durer-German-artist; Encyclopaedia Britannica). The two URLs are different pages. Where the carrier is a later edition or a received narrative, that limit is stated rather than upgraded to an autograph. Official carrier: Museo del Prado — Dürer self-portrait 1498 heritage (https://www.museodelprado.es/; Museo Nacional del Prado). Independent carrier: Britannica — Albrecht Dürer, 1498 self-portrait (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albrecht-Durer-German-artist; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Official or archival record: Museo del Prado — Dürer self-portrait 1498 heritage (https://www.museodelprado.es/; Museo Nacional del Prado).

## Significance

Improving education-access path: a public independent self-portrait. Direct on the painting. Welfare reading improving. The attached mechanism is A dated independent self-portrait put a public artist’s face into European painting, distinct from the 1500 Christ-type panel. Lag to any modern indicator is not treated as zero. This path is attached because the mechanism is named from this act, not because a driver list needed coverage. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

## What is established and what is not

Established: a 1498 self-portrait. Not established: that the Prado’s later custody is his act. Established: a sourced public record of Dürer paints the 1498 self-portrait now in the Prado as a public face under 1498-01-01. Established: a sourced public record of Dürer paints the 1498 self-portrait now in the Prado as a public face under 1498-01-01.

The contribution type is direct. The welfare reading used in this dossier is improving. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not twin this with the 1500 Christ-like self-portrait. Mixed effects of Dürer paints the 1498 self-portrait now in the Prado as a public face are separate paths.

Shared responsibility is part of Dürer paints the 1498 self-portrait now in the Prado as a public face. Naming Albrecht Dürer does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1498-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

## People

- Albrecht Dürer: https://factrail.ai/people/albrecht-durer

## Drivers

- Digital Learning Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access

## Sources

- https://www.museodelprado.es/
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albrecht-Durer-German-artist

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/adr-prado-selfportrait-1498