Self-portraits by Rembrandt
The dozens of self-portraits by Rembrandt were an important part of his oeuvre as a painter. Rembrandt created nearly one hundred self-portraits during his lifetime including approximately fifty paintings, thirty-two etchings and seven drawings. The self-portraits create a visual diary of the artist over a span of forty years.
Portrait gallery
Paintings
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A young Rembrandt, c. 1628, when he was 22. Partly an exercise in chiaroscuro. Rijksmuseum
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Self-portrait, c. 1629; Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
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A more cheerful pose, Rembrandt Laughing, c. 1628, re-discovered in 2008,[1] J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
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Self-portrait, 1630, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
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Self-portrait as a young man, 1634, Uffizi, Florence
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Rembrandt in 1632, when he was enjoying great success as a fashionable portraitist in this style
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Self-portrait wearing a white feathered bonnet, 1635, Buckland Abbey, Devon.
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1640, wearing a costume in the style of over a century earlier. National Gallery, London
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c. 1640 (1639-1641), Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
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Self Portrait, oil on canvas, 1652. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
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Vienna c. 1655, oil on walnut, cut down in size
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Rembrandt — Self Portrait, 1657, Edinburgh, detail
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Self Portrait with Beret and Turned-Up Collar, 1659. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Self Portrait, 1660. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
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Self Portrait with Two Circles, 1660. Kenwood House, London
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Self Portrait at the Easel, 1660, Louvre Museum
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Self Portrait as Zeuxis, c. 1662. One of 2 painted self-portraits in which Rembrandt is turned to the left.[2]
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Self Portrait at the age of 63 - Dated 1669, the year he died, though he looks much older in other portraits. National Gallery, London
- ^ E. van de Wetering, 'Rembrandt laughing, c. 1628 – a painting resurfaces' in Kroniek van het Rembrandthuis, June 2008
- ^ White, 200
Drawings
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Self-portrait, pen and brush and ink on paper, c. 1628-1629
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Role-playing in Self-portrait as an oriental Potentate with a Kris, etching, 1634
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Self-portrait with Saskia, etching, 1636
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Self-portrait leaning on a Sill, etching, 1639
References
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