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Self Portrait in a Flat Cap and Embroidered Dress

Print
1642 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Rembrandt Van Rijn (etcher)
Place of origin
Amsterdam (made)

Rembrandt painted and drew a great many records of his own features, now highly prized for their penetrating introspection. These earlier flamboyant self-images contrasts strongly with the more low-key self-portraits of almost a decade later.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
print
Titles
  • Self Portrait in a Flat Cap and Embroidered Dress (published title)
  • Rembrandt in a Flat Cap with a Shawl About his Shoulders (alternative title)
Materials and techniques
etching
Printing Ink
Paper
Etching (Printing Process)
Brief description
Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'Self portrait in a flat cap and embroidered dress', first state. Amsterdam, 1642.
Physical description
Etching depicting a man wearing a flat cap and an embroidered top.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.3cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Width: 6.1cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Platemark height: 9.2cm
  • Platemark width: 6.5cm
Style
Dutch School
Credit line
Bequeathed by the Rev. Chauncy Hare Townshend
Subjects depicted
Clothing, Costume
Rembrandt Van Rijn
Summary
Rembrandt painted and drew a great many records of his own features, now highly prized for their penetrating introspection. These earlier flamboyant self-images contrasts strongly with the more low-key self-portraits of almost a decade later.
Associated object
E.7-1942
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).
  • Charles Blanc. L'Oeuvre complet de Rembrandt décrit et commenté. Catalogue raisonné de toutes les estampes du maître et de ses peintures. 2 vols. (Paris, 1759-1861).
  • Charles H. Middleton. Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Rembrandt van Ryn. (London, 1878).
  • D. Rovinski. L'Oeuvre gravé de Rembrandt. (St. Petersburg, 1890).
  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. (London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923)
  • 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)
  • Taken from the Register of Engravings 1868-1869, 23200 to 33884 Townend Bequest
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
23270

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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