Self-Portrait, Frowning

1630

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image shows an etching of a male subject from the shoulders up. The subject is facing slightly to the right, with his head turned towards the viewer. His facial features are distinct, with deep-set eyes, a pronounced nose, and lips, framed by curly hair falling around his face and neck. He wears a heavy, textured cloak or garment draping over his shoulders. The background is plain and unadorned.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 7.3 x 6.2 cm (2 7/8 x 2 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1955.6.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 10, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Seymour (Lugt 176), Theobald (Lugt 1375)

Associated Names

Bibliography

1923

  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923.

1969

  • White, Christopher and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt's Etchings. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1969.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Rembrandt, Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 68, state ii/iii.

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65364798

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