Self-Portrait in a Cap: Laughing
1630
Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 5.3 x 4.4 cm (2 1/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
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Accession
1943.3.7052
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Catalogue Raisonné
White/Boon 1969, no. 316, State v/vi
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.
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.
1995
Adriaen Brouwer: Youth Making a Face, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996.
2006
Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
2018
Sense of Humor: Caricature, Satire, and the Comical in Prints and Drawings from Leonardo to the Present, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019.
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. 70, state xiii/xiii.
1995
Richard, Paul. "Small Wonders: At the National Gallery, Some Tiny Dutch Treats." Washington Post (September 23, 1995): C2, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q65024420