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Self portrait in a velvet cap with plume

Print
1638 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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
Object type
Titles
  • Self portrait in a velvet cap with plume (published title)
  • Rembrandt in velvet cap and plume, with an embroidered dress (alternative title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
Etching by Rembrandt Van Rijn, 'Self-portrait in a velvet cap with plume', first state. Netherlands, 1638.
Physical description
Etching depicting a man wearing a mezetin velvet cap with feather, and over-gown embroidered at the collar and cuffs and fur-lined at the collar. He has his left arm resting in his gown.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.2cm (trimmed to)
  • Width: 11cm (trimmed to)
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Rembrandt. f / 1638 (Top left)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides
Object history
Bequeathed by C.A. Ionides.
Subjects depicted
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).
  • Hollstein, F. W. H. (Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich), 1888-1957. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. (Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1949-), vol. 18-19.
  • 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
Accession number
CAI.715

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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