Self-Portrait in a Cap: Laughing

1630

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

This is an etching displaying a bust-length portrait of a person viewed slightly from the side, capturing the face and shoulders. The person is turned slightly to their right, with their face angled towards the viewer, displaying a wide grin that covers much of their facial features. They have curly, tousled hair partially covered by a fabric cap. Their attire includes a cloak draped over the shoulders and a shirt with visible buttons. The background of the etching is plain and nondescript, focusing attention on the individual.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 5.3 x 4.4 cm (2 1/16 x 1 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7052

  • 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

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