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Ego: The Strange and Wonderful World of Self-Portraits

2010· 1h 30m

Documentary

Directed by Sebastian Barfield

Reviews

Overview

Laura Cumming takes a journey through more than 500 years of self-portraits and finds out how the greatest names in western art transformed themselves into their own masterpieces.

Cast

Laura Cumming

Herself - Presenter

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