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 at a desk. The man is facing the viewer, with both arms resting on the table. His facial features include a broad nose, slightly pronounced cheekbones, and a neutral expression. His hair is short and partially covered by a hat. He is wearing a textured coat or jacket with a white shirt collar. In front of him are papers or documents. There is a window in the background to the left, casting light on the man and the table. Above the man's head is a signature or inscription. The rest of the background is dark.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 15.7 x 13 cm (6 3/16 x 5 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.21.165

  • Catalogue Raisonné

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

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Friedrich August II, King of Saxony [1797-1854], Dresden (Lugt 972 and Lugt 780a); Hendrikus Egbertus Ten Cate [1868-1955], Almelo (Lugt 533b); Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b) purchased from Richard Zinser 1946; given to the National Gallery of Art 1946

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1950

  • Rosenwald Collection: An Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions, NGA, 1950, no. 82, repro.

1965

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1965, no. 54.

1969

  • Rembrandt: Experimental Etcher, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, NY, 1969-1970, no. 8, repro.

  • Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art [Commemorating the Tercentenary of the Artist's Death], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, no. 42, 44, repro.

2006

  • Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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 iii/ix.

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: Rembrandt. f 1648

Wikidata ID

Q65082035

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