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print
;
counterproof
Object Type
print
counterproof
Museum number
1843,0513.239
Description
Self-portrait of Rembrandt, in a cap and scarf with the face dark, bust directed to left but face to front; counterproof; posthumous third state with shading added to left eye by another hand. 1633 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Rembrandt
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1633
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
132 millimetres
Width:
103 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For comment see F,4.18.
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(120.III)
(Rembrandt)
Hind 1923 / A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings; chronologically arranged and completely illustrated
(108.II)
White & Boon 1969 / Rembrandt's Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue
(17.II)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
self-portrait
Associated names
Portrait of:
Rembrandt
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
W & G Smith
Acquisition date
1843
Acquisition notes
1843,0513.1 to 504 were purchased from W & G Smith as a group for £543 5s 6d. A few individual prices over £5 were recorded and have been separately entered. Otherwise they are recorded as 12 blocks, each with its own sub-price.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1843,0513.239
Conservation
Treatment
: 26 Aug 1997