Self-Portrait Etching at a Window

1648

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image shows a man seated and viewed from the waist up. He has a round face with prominent cheekbones, a mustache, and small, deep-set eyes. His head is covered by a wide-brimmed hat. He wears a dark coat and holds a paper or book, with his hand appearing engaged in writing or reviewing it. The setting appears to be indoors near a large window on the left side, showing an outdoor view. The background is dark with contrasting lighter tones of the window and the textural details of his clothing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 15.9 x 13 cm (6 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7134

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 22, State v/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b), purchased from the Hollstein and Puppel Sale, 1929, lot #732; 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.

1956

  • Rembrandt and His Pupils, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1956, no. 26.

1959

  • Old Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1959.

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. 240, state viii/ix.

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: Rembrandt f 1648

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65024597

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