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Self-Portrait in a Flat Cap and Embroidered Dress

c. 1642

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names

Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image is a sketch showing the upper body of a person from the waist up. The person is in a slightly turned position, with their torso facing to one side but their head facing forward. The face has a wide nose and discernible eyebrows. The person has curly hair extending below their ears and is wearing a soft, loose cap. The clothing includes a garment with visible layers, possibly a shirt underneath with a tie or lacing detail at the collar. There are no visible jewelry or objects being held. The background consists of crossed hatch lines.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Dimensions

sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 9.2 x 6.2 cm (3 5/8 x 2 7/16 in.)
Accession Number

1943.3.7200
Catalogue Raisonné

White/Boon 1969, no. 26, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Herman Weber (Lugt 1383); Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b); given to the National Gallery of Art 1943

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

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.

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. 210, state i/ii.

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: Rembrandt

Wikidata ID

Q65024740

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