Raphael's self-portrait hangs at the National Museum of China in Beijing on April 26, 2023. The exhibition will stay open to the public until Sept 10, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING - The National Museum of China and the Uffizi Galleries of Italy jointly launched an exhibition on self-portrait masterpieces from the Uffizi Galleries collections on April 26, 2023. The exhibition will be open to the public from 10 am on April 27 to September 10 at the National Museum of China. 50 pieces spanning from the Renaissance to contemporary times were selected from the Uffizi Galleries' collections for the exhibition. 

Self-portrait masterpieces from the Uffizi Galleries Collections on display at the National Museum of China in Beijing, April 26, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Visitors enjoy a special immersive experience enabling them to take a closer look at Renaissance masterpieces from the Uffizi Galleries, in order to deeply engage in virtual dialogues with the artists across both time and space. At the National Museum of China in Beijing, April 26, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

An immersive experience at the National Museum of China in Beijing adds a different dimension to the display on April 26, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

A visitor admires a self-portrait masterpiece from the Uffizi Galleries Collections on display at the National Museum of China in Beijing on April 26, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Connoisseurs study painters' own appearances to divine the stylistic, societal, and cultural dimensions of the artists' times as self-portrait masterpieces from the Uffizi Galleries Collections from Italy go on display at the National Museum of China in Beijing. On April 26, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

A visitor stands enthralled in front of a wall that showcases some works from a selection of 50 paintings carefully selected from 1,800 self-portraits from the Uffizi Galleries in Italy. At the National Museum of China in Beijing on April 26, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)