An artist's study of MASTER SELF-PORTRAITS 2

As I said in my first self-portraits book, copying master self-portraits gives the young or amateurish painter the illusion of knowing and painting like the masters themselves. It doesn't matter if the result in each case is superficial and plagiaristic. It gets the copier closer to the subjects copied and is a delightfully pleasant exercise. It may even improve the copier's technical ability. In a general sense, merely looking at master painters' self-portraits is like meeting the masters. If t