Self-Portrait Etching at a Window

1648

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image depicts a man seated at a window, seen from the waist up. He is leaning on the windowsill with his right elbow, holding a writing implement in his right hand above a stack of papers or books. The man has a wide-brimmed hat on his head and is wearing a dark garment. His face shows prominent cheeks and a thoughtful expression, and the view outside the window includes trees and structures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16 x 13 cm (6 5/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 16.5 x 13.6 cm (6 1/2 x 5 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7135

  • Catalogue Raisonné

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

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Fooger; Rath; probably Oettingen-Wallerstein (L. 2715a), Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b), purchased from Richard Zinser; given to the National Gallery of Art 1943

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1947

  • Six Centuries of Prints, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1947.

  • Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Frans Hals and Rembrandt, Los Angeles County Museum, 1947, no. 17.

1956

  • Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, TX, 1956-1957.

1960

  • Graphic Masterpieces of Five Hundred Years from the Rosenwald Collection, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1960, no catalogue.

  • Graphic Masterpieces of 500 Years from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, Louisiana State University Library, Baton Rouge, 1960, no. 24.

1961

  • University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, South Bend, IN, 1961.

1962

  • Installation during Fine Art Festival, American River College, Sacramento, CA, 1962, no cat.

1967

  • Master Prints on Biblical Themes, Sloan Galleries at Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, 1967, no cat.

1979

  • Self-Portraits: Prints from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1979.

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 iv/ix.

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: Rembrandt f 1648

Watermarks

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Wikidata ID

Q65024598

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