A self-portrait is much more than just reproducing an image in a mirror. The facial traits and the facial expression are just a piece of an artist's identity.

In all periods of art history, the style of the era, with the particularities of each artist becomes strongly imprinted in the self-portraits of artists as a testimony of their own identity. Bálint Rezső compromises the illusionist imitation of his face, using a color palette rich in shades of green, applied with thick brush strokes, which are representative of his style.

Among the most famous self-portraits in the history of art, such as those of Rembrandt or Van Gogh, it can be seen that the images that artists tend to leave behind are not idealized or beautified, but they’re rather a will, a form of survival, not a substitution.