Self-portrait in a Cap, Wide-eyed and Open-mouthed
Also titled Zelfportret met baret, wijd open ogen en open mond
Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden, 1606–1669)
1630
- Medium
- paper
- Classification
- Dimensions
- height 50 mm x width 45 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- 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
Of all the self-portraits in which Rembrandt depicts emotions, this one is probably the most engaging. He looks startled here, with pursed lips and wide-open eyes. You see him slightly from below, so that he seems to be recoiling. The etching is clearly executed and clever, with the contours of the shoulders and the cap fading into the edges.
