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Rembrandt: Self portrait  wikidata:Q7311573 reasonator:Q7311573
Artist
Rembrandt  (1606–1669)  wikidata:Q5598 s:en:Author:Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn q:en:Rembrandt
 
Rembrandt
Alternative names
Rembrandt van Rijn, Birth name: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Description Dutch painter, printmaker and drawer
Date of birth/death 15 July 1606 Edit this at Wikidata 4 October 1669 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Leiden Edit this at Wikidata Amsterdam Edit this at Wikidata
Work period between circa 1625 and circa 1669
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location
Leiden (1620-1624), Amsterdam (1624-1625), Leiden (1625-1633), Amsterdam (1631-1669)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q5598
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Self-portrait
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre self-portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Depicted people Rembrandt Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1660
date QS:P571,+1660-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 80.3 cm (31.6 in); width: 67.3 cm (26.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,80.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,67.3U174728
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Gallery 619
Accession number
14.40.618
Object history by 1738
date QS:P,+1738-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1738-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Jacques I, Prince de Monaco, Duc de Valentinois (1689-1751), Paris

1751: inherited by Honoré III, Prince de Monaco (1720-1795) (?)

by 15 July 1802
date QS:P,+1802-07-15T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1802-07-15T00:00:00Z/11
: Féréol de Bonnemaison, Paris
between 15 July 1802 and 17 July 1802
date QS:P,+1802-07-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1319,+1802-07-15T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1802-07-17T00:00:00Z/11
: sale of the collection of Féréol de Bonnemaison at Lebrun, Paris, lot no. 43 (as ‘Rembrandt. 1660. Le propre portrait de Rembrandt, la tête couverte d’une tocque noire, & vêtu d’une robe de couleur brunâtre, de grandeur naturelle & vu à mi-corps. Ce Tableau capital, & du plus beau faire de Rembrandt, sort de la collection du feu duc de Valantinois. – Haut.r 30 pouces, larg.r 25. T.’)
by 1825
date QS:P,+1825-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1825-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock (1753-1825)

13 May 1826: purchased by Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton (1774-1848), at the sale of the collection of William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock at Christie’s, London, lot no. 31 (as ‘Rembrandt. Portrait of Rembrandt, by himself. An admirable Picture. A black Hat or Cap, placed obliquely on the head, gives a very brilliant relief to the countenance, which is lighted up with rich effect. The flesh exhibits every variety of tint, harmoniously blended: - a true representation of nature. From the collection of the Duc de Valentinois - 30.5 inches by 25.5’)
1848: inherited by Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton (1799-1864), from Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton
1864: inherited by Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton (1800-1868), from Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton
1868: inherited by Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton (1835-1889), from Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton
1889: inherited by Francis Denzil Edward, 5th Baron Ashburton (1866-1938), from Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton

by 1908
date QS:P,+1908-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1908-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Arthur J. Sulley & Co. (art dealer), London
by 1909
date QS:P,+1909-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1909-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Charles Sedelmeyer (art dealer), Paris

1909: purchased by Benjamin Altman (1840-1913), New York City, from Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris

1913: bequeathed to Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, by Benjamin Altman, New York
Exhibition history

[Pictures by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, and English masters], British Institution, London, June 1829, cat. no.  10.
Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters and by Deceased Masters of the British School. Winter Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1890, cat. no.  145.
The Art of Rembrandt, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 21 January 1942–?, no catalogue.
Rembrandt, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 1952, no catalogue.
Portrait of the Artist, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 18 January 1972–7 March 1972, Cat.no. 8.
Rembrandt/Not Rembrandt in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 10 October 1995–7 January 1996, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Cat.no. 15.
The Age of Rembrandt, Dutch paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 18 September 2007–6 January 2008, no catalogue.

Rembrandt by himself/Rembrandt zelf, 5 June 1999–5 September 1999, National Gallery, London, 25 September 1999–9 January 2000, Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, The Hague, Cat.no. 80.
Inscriptions

Signature and date bottom right:

Rembrandt / f. 1660

verso:

Portrait de Rimbrant peint par luy mesme noce Duc de Valentinois 1738

Removed during the 1944 (?) restoration
References Metropolitan Museum of Art, as Self-Portrait, height: 80.3 cm (31.6 in); width: 67.3 cm (26.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,80.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,67.3U174728
.
RKDimages, Art-work number 29850, as Self-Portrait, height: 80.3 cm (31.6 in); width: 67.3 cm (26.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,80.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,67.3U174728
Web Gallery of Art, as Self-Portrait, height: 80 cm (31.4 in); width: 67 cm (26.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,80U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,67U174728
.
Source/Photographer eev.liu.edu : Home : Info
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