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"Self-Portrait Without Spectacles"

Ruth Biertopfer, known as "The Myopic of Antwerp."

Although best known for her landscapes, Biertopfer secretly longed to do a self-portrait so that her image could be passed down along with her other works. Without her thick corrective lenses, however, her focal range was severly limited.

 

 

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