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-OB-38

Catalogue reference

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

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f. 1639’
• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

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

Dating

1639

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 206 mm × width 164 mm

Who

• Rembrandt van Rijn

Acquisition

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt in perspectief : de veranderende visie op de meester en zijn werk, p. 112, afb. 4.10
• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 33, cat.nr. 171
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 21
• Rembrandt on display : The Rembrandthuis as portrait of an artist, H. Perry Chapman, p. 206-207, afb. 5