The art of the selfie is taking the media world by storm. Join Artsper to discover our top 5 famous self portrait paintings!

No, the selfie wasn't invented by millennials! Before the smartphone era, selfies were called self-portraits. And, just like selfies, self-portraits exasperated more than a few people (they even got on Baudelaire’s nerves). Travel back in time with Artsper, escape the modern-day selfie and discover it’s long history. Who took the first selfie ? The story of the first selfie is the…