Fact 164: Who painted the first self-portrait?

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Fact 164: Who painted the first self-portrait?



The oldest and believed by many to be the first self-portrait is by (and of) Jan van Eyck, the painting was called Portrait of a Man, it was painted in 1433 and it is an Oil on oak, located somewhere in the Natural Gallery London (I think I have seen it because I have seen all the paintings in the Natural Gallery). 
Jan van Eyck (1390 or 1380 -1441 A.D) was a Netherlandish Renaissance painter.
Jan van Eyck's most famous painting is, The Arnolfini Portrait, I have also seen it in the Natural Gallery (in London).



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