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Self portrait leaning on a stone sill

Print
1639 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Rembrandt Van Rijn (etcher)
Place of origin
Netherlands (made)

In this confident image, which reveals Rembrandt's admiration for the portraits of Titian, he depicts himself richly dressed in the height of fashion, in lace and fur and wearing a swagger velvet cap. Dating from the artist's early thirties, this is one of the most appealing of the many self-portraits he made throughout his life.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
print
TitleSelf portrait leaning on a stone sill (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Paper
Printing Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Brief description
Etching by Rembrandt Van Ryn, 'Self portrait leaning on a stone sill', second state. Netherlands, 1639.
Physical description
Etching depicting a man wearing a soft cap and velvet coat, leaning on a stone cill and looking towards the viewer.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.7cm
  • Width: 16.5cm
Style
Dutch School
Marks and inscriptions
(The collector's mark of William Esdaile (1758-1837) (Lugt 2617))
Credit line
Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides
Object history
Bequeathed by C.A. Ionides.
Subjects depicted
Self-Portraits
Rembrandt Van Rijn
Summary
In this confident image, which reveals Rembrandt's admiration for the portraits of Titian, he depicts himself richly dressed in the height of fashion, in lace and fur and wearing a swagger velvet cap. Dating from the artist's early thirties, this is one of the most appealing of the many self-portraits he made throughout his life.
Associated object
27405:1 (Copy)
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). B.21.
  • White, Christopher and Boon, Karel G. Rembrandt's Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue in Two Volumes, I. Text. (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
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CAI.714

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
Record URL
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