Bertamini Lab

Albrecht Dürer (1471- 1528), Self-Portrait at 28, Munich, Alte Pinakothek (on the left); Portrait de jeune femme vénitienne, Vienne, Kunsthistorisches Museum (on the right).

Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641), Self-Portrait with a Sunflower, Collection of the Duke of Westminster (on the left); Cornelis van der Geest, London, The National Gallery (on the right).

Greuze, Jean-Baptiste (1725-1805), Self Portrait, Paris, Louvre (on the left); Portrait de Georges Wille, Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André (on the right).

Guercino (1624-26), Self Portrait, Collection of Richard Feigen (on the left); Portrait of Francesco Rigetti (or Portrait of a Lawyer), Fort Worth, Texas, Kimbell Art Museum (on the right).

Eugene Delacroix (1798 -1863), Self portrait, Paris, Louvre (on the left); and a Portrait of Frederic Villot. Prague, National Gallery (on the right).

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References:

Bianchi, I. Savardi, U. & Bertamini, M. (2008). Estimation and representation of head size (People overestimate their own head, evidence starting from the 15th century). British Journal of Psychology, 99, 513-531. DOI:10.1348/000712608X304469