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Object Type
print
Museum number
1838,1215.355
Description
Portrait of Rembrandt, head and shoulders with tufts of hair showing around the ears, directed slightly to right but looking at the viewer, wearing a fur-trimmed cloak and beret, a medal on a ribbon aroung his neck, traces of a moustache and beard; first state; after a self-portrait by Rembrandt. 1771 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Georg Friedrich Schmidt
After:
Rembrandt
School/style
German
Dutch
Production date
1771
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
155 millimetres
Width:
126 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
After the 1669 self-portrait by Rembrandt in the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, inv.no.1871 (Bredius 60).
Bibliographic references
Crayen 1789 / Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de feu George Frédéric Schmidt; graveur du roi de Prusse
(151)
Wessely 1887 / Georg Frederic Schmidt: Verzeichniss seiner Stiche und Radierungen
(91)
Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings 1982-2005 / A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings
(IV.28)
(graphic reproduction 2)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Rembrandt
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
W & G Smith
Acquisition date
1838
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1838,1215.355