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Object Type
print
Museum number
1852,1211.19
Description
Self-portrait of Rembrandt with raised sabre, half-length, facing front; copy in reverse after Rembrandt. c.1649 Etching with surface tone
Producer name
After:
Rembrandt
Print made by:
Constantyn Daniël van Renesse
(?)
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1649
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
131 millimetres
Width:
108 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
This etching shows stylistic similarities with another copy after Rembrandt (White+Boon 2), see F,4.4 (Information from Erik Hinterding). For the original etching by Rembrandt see 1848,0315.4.113.
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(134)
(Rembrandt; copy a)
Hind 1923 / A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings; chronologically arranged and completely illustrated
(109)
(copy undescribed)
White & Boon 1969 / Rembrandt's Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue
(18)
(copy 2)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(undescribed)
(Renesse)
Rovinski 1870 / Русские граверы и их произведения с 1564 года до основания Академии художеств
(undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Rembrandt
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Walter Benjamin Tiffin
Acquisition date
1852
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1852,1211.19