Self-Portrait (?) with Plumed Cap and Lowered Sabre

1634

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

This image is a portrait of a person shown from the chest upwards. The individual faces forward with a direct gaze. They have distinct facial features with a mustache and beard. The person has long, curly hair that falls to their shoulders and wears a feathered hat. They are dressed in a dark garment with decorative elements. There is no visible jewelry. The background is plain and shaded, with circular lines suggesting an oval framing. The artist's signature and the date "1643" are inscribed on the right side of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate (oval): 13.1 x 10.9 cm (5 3/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 14.8 x 12.1 cm (5 13/16 x 4 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7170

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 23, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Barnard (Lugt 1419); Edward Rudge; Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b) from Print Club 1930; 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.

1933

  • An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1933, no. 96.

1956

  • Rembrandt and His Pupils, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1956, no. 3.

1969

  • Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art [Commemorating the Tercentenary of the Artist's Death], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, no. 70, 64.

1973

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

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. 135, state ii/iii.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate above arm: Rembrandt / f. 1634

Wikidata ID

Q65024675

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