his first painted self-portrait is now in the louvre. it was painted in strasbourg, probably so that dürer could send it back to his fiancée in nuremberg. in fact, very soon after he got back to nuremberg, on 7 july 1494 dürer was married to agnes frey. she was the daughter of a well known brass worker (and amateur harpist) in the city. he was 23, and the marriage was arranged while dürer was away travelling. his absence. they had no children, and most people think that they did not marry for love, but because it was good to link the two families. also, a single man could not set up in business for himself in nuremberg. dürer painted some portraits of his wife, but experts say that they "lack warmth". the experts think that if dürer loved his wife he would have taken more time over those pictures to make her look more beautiful and friendly.