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Self-Portrait or Self-Portrait with an Architectural Background is a c. 1639 oil on panel self-portrait by Rembrandt, now in the Louvre in Paris. It was bought by the art dealer Alexandre Joseph Paillet in London in 1785 for the collection of Louis XVI .
B22, Self Portrait Drawing at a Window, 1648, 5 states. He is drawing on an etching plate, making this the least posed self-portrait etching. In state iv, a landscape is added outside. [46] The last etching but for two sketches, and one of the "official" etched self-portraits. [33]
Rembrandt's teachers in Leiden were Jacob van Swanenburgh [note 1] (from 1621 to 1623, [5] with whom he learned pen drawing [6]) and Joris van Schooten. [note 2] [7]However, his six-month stay in Amsterdam in 1624, with Pieter Lastman and Jan Pynasc, was decisive in his training: Rembrandt learned pencil drawing, the principles of composition, and working from nature. [6]
The article also reports a rumor about a Southern California Rembrandt: While Los Angeles may resent signs of Eastern condescension, it has not lost its sense of humor. It is still capable of chuckling about a story, possibly only a rumor, involving a Rembrandt portrait owned by Howard Ahmanson, banker and patron of the arts.
Self-portrait: c. 1640: Oil on panel: 72.2 x 58.3: Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid: 178: The panel was slightly cropped later; the roughly blocked out hand was revealed during a restoration. Originally it must have been painted out by Rembrandt himself Self-Portrait at the Age of 34: 1640: Oil on canvas: 93 x 80: National Gallery, London: 179
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (/ ˈ r ɛ m b r æ n t, ˈ r ɛ m b r ɑː n t /; [2] Dutch: [ˈrɛmbrɑnt ˈɦɑrmə(n)ˌsoːɱ vɑn ˈrɛin] ⓘ; 15 July 1606 [1] – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman.
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Self-portrait with Open Mouth: c. 1628-1629: Pen and brown ink with grey wash; ruled framing lines in the same brown ink: 12.7 x 9.5 cm: British Museum, London: The drawing is related to the etching B013 : Self-portrait: c. 1629: Pen: 12.7 x 9.4 cm: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam: The drawing is related to the etching B338 : St. Paul in Meditation: c ...