Self-Portrait with Raised Sabre

1634

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image depicts the torso and head of a person in a seated or standing position, facing forward. The individual has curly hair, a full nose, slightly pursed lips, and a stoic expression. They wear an ornate cap and a textured garment with detailed patterns on the collar and shoulders. The person holds a large, curved sword with ornate details on the hilt in their right hand. The background is plain with visible etching marks. The name "Rembrandt" and the date "1654" appear in the upper left corner of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with touches of drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 12.2 x 9.9 cm (4 13/16 x 3 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7257

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 18, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b); 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, repro.

  • 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.

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. 134, state ii/ii.

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: Rembrandt f. / 1634; later hand, upper right in graphite: 23

Markings

Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b)

Wikidata ID

Q65024864

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