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Self portrait with Saskia

Print
1636 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Rembrandt Van Rijn (etcher)
Place of origin
Netherlands (made)

Rembrandt painted and drew a great many records of his own features, now highly prized for their penetrating introspection. His flamboyant self-image here contrasts strongly with the more low-key versions created a decade later.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
print
Titles
  • Self portrait with Saskia (published title)
  • Portraits of Rembrandt and his Wife (alternative title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Paper
Printing Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Brief description
Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'Self portrait with Saskia', first state. Netherlands, 1636.
Physical description
Etching depicting a man wearing a hat with a feather facing the viewer, sitting to the right of a table either drawing or writing. A woman sits behind, turned slightly to the left, facing the viewer.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.4cm (trimmed to)
  • Width: 9.6cm (trimmed to)
Style
Dutch School
Marks and inscriptions
Rembrandt.f. / 1636 (Signed and dated top left)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides
Object history
Bequeathed by C.A. Ionides.
Subjects depicted
Clothing, Costume
Hat
Rembrandt Van Rijn
Van Uylenburgh, Saskia
Summary
Rembrandt painted and drew a great many records of his own features, now highly prized for their penetrating introspection. His flamboyant self-image here contrasts strongly with the more low-key versions created a decade later.
Bibliographic references
  • Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue
  • Bartsch, Adam von. Catalogue raisonné de toutes les estampes qui forment l'oeuvre de Rembrandt (Vienna, 1797).
  • White, Christopher and Boon, Karel G. Rembrandt's Etchings: an Illustrated Critical Catalogue. (Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co; London: A. Zwemmer Ltd., 1969).
  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. (London: Methuen and o. Ltd., 1923).
  • The Catalogue of the Constantine Alexander Ionides Collection. (London. Victoria and Albert Museum, 1904).
  • Blanc, Charles, L'œuvre complet de Rembrandt, décrit et commenté, (Paris, 1859-61)
  • Biörklund George. Rembrandt's Etchings, True and False: A Summary Catalogue in a Distinctive Chronological Order and Completely Illustrated , (Stockholm, London & Paris, 1955) (2nd ed. 1968)
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CAI.716

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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