Including oneself in a line-up of impressive figures is a convenient way to bolster one’s image. Renaissance religious paintings have self-portraits slipped into their compositions: Benozzo ...

Now, another of his hidden self-portraits has been discovered ... Stevenson said in a video released by the museum. "To have an image as elusive as it presently is something very, very special." ...

Vincent Van Gogh painted three dozen self-portraits in just 10 years ... a 1885 painting titled “Head of a Peasant Woman.” The image of someone looking very much like Vincent had been covered ...

In addition to being an exploration of body image, this series is also an exploration into love and intimacy. Davis’ self-portraits serve to unravel her insecurities with the aid of the lens.