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Self-portrait, Etching at a Window
Also titled Zelfportret, etsend bij een raam
Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden, 1606–1669)
1648
- Medium
- paper
- Classification
- Dimensions
- height 160 mm x width 130 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Mr and Mrs De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
While it might seem odd that Rembrandt is wearing a hat inside the house, it was actually part of his studio work clothes. This unadorned portrayal makes one almost forget the unparalleled technique he uses to create this effect. With a combination of etching and drypoint, he achieves an unprecedented painterly tonality.
