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Three masters. Three faces. One vote.

A: Albrecht Dürer, 1500. At 28 he painted himself face on, in a pose borrowed from icons of Christ. Alte Pinakothek, Munich.

B: Rembrandt, about 1665. Around 60, after losing most of his fortune, he shows himself at work with brushes and palette. Kenwood House, London.

C: Vincent van Gogh, September 1889. Painted in the asylum at Saint Rémy. Calm face, restless swirls. Musée d'Orsay, Paris.

The twist: Van Gogh wrote to Theo that it is not easy to paint yourself, and that Rembrandt's portraits were more like a revelation.

Which self portrait speaks to you most? Reply A, B or C 👇

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Everyone says Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel on his back.

He did not.

From 1508 to 1512 he stood upright on wooden scaffolds he designed himself, neck bent back toward the ceiling.

The pain was real. He even sketched himself working and wrote a poem about it. It ends with: "I am not a painter."

The lying on his back image mostly comes from the 1965 film The Agony and the Ecstasy.

Don't trust, verify. Even in art history.

Which art myth should I bust next? 👇

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In 1911 the #MonaLisa vanished from the Louvre.

Vincenzo Peruggia, an Italian who had once worked at the museum, walked in on a closed Monday, took her off the wall and walked out.

For two years she was hidden in a trunk in his #Paris apartment. Newspapers around the world ran the story, and people queued just to stare at the empty wall.

In December 1913 he tried to sell her in Florence and was arrested. She came home to Paris more famous than ever.

What makes art famous, the work itself or the story behind it?

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