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Object Type
print
Museum number
1835,0613.1
Description
Self-portrait of Rembrandt, in a heavy fur cap, bust, turned to face front. 1631 Etching with plate tone
Producer name
Print made by:
Rembrandt
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1631
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
62 millimetres
Width:
56 millimetres
(trimmed)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For another impression see also F,4.19.
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(80)
(Rembrandt)
Hind 1923 / A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings; chronologically arranged and completely illustrated
(56)
White & Boon 1969 / Rembrandt's Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue
(16)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
1999 June-Sep, London, National Gallery, Rembrandt by Himself
Subjects
self-portrait
Associated names
Portrait of:
Rembrandt
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Rt Hon Reginald Pole Carew
Purchased through:
Wheatley's
(13.v.1835/19 (£0.13.0))
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Jan Chalon
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Pierre Rémy
(L.2173)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Pierre Mariette II
(L.1788-1790; with date 1673)
Acquisition date
1835
Acquisition notes
Inscribed on verso, in pen and ink: "P. Mariette 1673" and "Chalon". The annotated sale catalogue mentions William Young Ottley as the buyer, then Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1835,0613.1
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
F,7.3
Conservation
Treatment
: 25 Sep 1997