Complex sentence: Hence the title "Self-Portrait in a Wig" often ascribed to the work The work so closely follows the conventions of late medieval religious art that during the seventeenth century, when Dürer was rediscovered, copies were often used as depictions of the Jesus himself.
Split into simpler sentences: Hence the title "Self-Portrait in a Wig" sometimes given to the work. The painting so closely follows the conventions of late medieval religious art that during the seventeenth century, when Dürer was rediscovered, copies were often used as depictions of Jesus himself.