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Rembrandt van Rijn

Self-Portrait in a Velvet Cap with Plume, 1638

Not on View

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 13.5 x 10.3 cm (5 5/16 x 4 1/16 in.)

sheet: 18 x 14.2 cm (7 1/16 x 5 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

White/Boon 1969, no. 20, State only

Accession Number

1943.3.7201

Artists / Makers

Rembrandt van Rijn (artist) Dutch, 1606 - 1669

Image Use

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Inscription

upper left in plate: Rembrandt f / 1638

Marks and Labels

Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b)

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b) purchased from Hollstein and Puppel Sale (lot #730); given to the National Gallery of Art 1943

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Exhibition History

1930: Prints and Drawings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1930

1930: Rembrandt Etchings: Lent by Mr. Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1930.

1932: Etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Art Galleries, Washington, D.C., 1932.

Bibliography

1923: Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923.

1969: White, Christopher and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt's Etchings. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1969.

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Rembrandt, Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 170, state ii/iii.

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