Self-Portrait in a Fur Cap

1630

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image shows a bust portrait of a person in a frontal position. The individual has detailed facial features and curly hair, with a large fur-like hat. They have a serious expression and wear textured clothing. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 6.3 x 5.3 cm (2 1/2 x 2 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 6.7 x 5.6 cm (2 5/8 x 2 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7061

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 24, State ii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b), purchased from Hollstein and Puppel Sale 1929, lot #733; given to the National Gallery of Art 1943

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1930

  • Prints and Drawings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1930.

  • Rembrandt Etchings: Lent by Mr. Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1930.

1932

  • Etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Art Galleries, Washington, D.C., 1932.

1973

  • Etchings by Rembrandt, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no catalogue.

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. 72, state i/iv.

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: RHL (in monogram) 1630

Wikidata ID

Q65024441

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