Self-portrait leaning on a stone sill, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1639

Title(s)

Self-portrait leaning on a stone sill

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1962-10

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 171-1(2)
• Bartsch 21-1(2)
• Hollstein Dutch 21-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f. 1639’

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

1639

Material

• paper
• chalk

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 205 mm × width 164 mm

What

• portrait, self-portrait of graphic artist

Who

• Rembrandt van Rijn

Credit line

• Mr and Mrs De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland

Acquisition

bequest 1962

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 33, cat.nr. 171
• L'art ou la vie! : le cas Rembrandt, Tzvetan Todorov, cat.nr. 18
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 21