In the mid-16th century ... small portraits were mass-produced, accessible even to poorer soldiers who wanted to send a picture of them in their uniform. The Reflected Self is a subtle show.

If you think the selfie was born as a direct result of the cellphone, “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror,” painted just over 500 years ago by Francesco Mazzola, the Italian artist commonly ...

The 16th-century portrait, once attributed to Bronzino ... She also painted mythological scenes and self-portraits, and is the first-known woman painter to depict female nudes.