It depicts the Self-Portrait by German Renaissance painter Albrecht Dürer in the wall where it hangs in the Alte Pinakothek, in Munich, Germany, while it is being observed by a viewer, which is the photographer himself.
The subtitle of the photograph thus has a double meaning, referring both to Dürer's portrait and to the artists presence.
[2][3][4] Dürer's Self-Portrait is the focus of the composition, in a similar way to the visitors in his Museum Photographs series, while the single viewer is relegated to a secondary role.
Struth, simbolically assumes a secondary place, while he lets the painting speak by itself, unlike in most of the series.
[5][6][7] Struth explained his purpose in doing the photograph: "It’s a kind of playful game with the meaning of self-portrait.