Self-portrait with a friend (Raphael)
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| Self-Portrait with a Friend (Double Portrait) |
| Raphael, 1518-1519 |
| Oil on canvas |
| 99 × 83 cm |
| Louvre, Paris |
The Self-Portrait with a friend (also known as Double Portrait) is a painting by the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael.
In this double portrait the artist himself stands behind an unknown man (a friend or a pupil, perhaps Polidoro da Caravaggio), on whose shoulder his hand rests familiarly. Raphael looks out of the picture with a serious expression. The friend's gesture is not meant for the onlooker, but seems more directed at Raphael, as if he were showing him something - himself, perhaps, in a mirror.
