Here’s a fun Friday Afternoon Challenge for you! Today: “I’m so hot and you’re so not!”
Here are self portraits of six artists. Who are they?
And let’s all be good and not cheat...
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I do imagine that photos can be self done...but I don't know if I could do it! 
On edit: there's actually a hint for you here...
I lucked out and found it only because it reminded me of another Katz self-portrait. 
But I didn't think it would be him because he'd done a famous self-portrait that is similar. So I thought it was a self-portrait by another artist done as a kind of homage to Raphael--and Raphael himself was the last possibility i checked.
And, of course, I rushed to post the answer before going back for more info on the painting. What do you know about it?
#6 is Self Portrait by Anthony van Dyke.
Good to see the challenge again, CTyankee!
CTyankee... The attention paid to every detail in the fabric, as well as the very elegant hand shapes, reminded me of the painting of the Stuart brothers who died in the English Civil War. We had it in the challenge a while back. I knew that van Dyck had painted the two brothers Stuart. so had him in mind. Here it is for reference:
http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/d/dyck_van/2portrai/stuarts.html
Searched on google images for van Dyck self portrait and there it was. So it was a guess. An art challenge educated guess.
All that I can tell you is that those two details -- the hands and the very detailed drapes/folds in the fabric, especially in the white silky shirt of the self portrait, had me thinking "this reminds me of the Stuart brothers."
That told me who the artist was, and I was happy to confirm it with a search!
Nice challenge as always CTyankee.