Rembrandt's self-portraits were created by the artist looking at himself in a mirror, [16] and the paintings and drawings therefore reverse his actual features. In the etchings the printing process creates a reversed image, and the prints therefore show Rembrandt in the same orientation as he appeared to contemporaries. [17] Rembrandt painted this self-portrait in 1659, when he had suffered financial failure after many years of success. His spacious house on the Sint-Anthoniesbreestraat and other possessions had been auctioned the previous year to satisfy his creditors.
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Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 to 1669) was a Dutch baroque painter, draughtsman, and printmaker who was not only one of the greatest artists of all time, but created the most self-portraits of any other known artist. Rembrandt's self-portraits consist of more than 40 paintings, 31 etchings, and around seven sketches. This was a huge amount for any artist at the time, and it accounted for around 10% of his work in both paintings and engravings. For instance, Rubens, despite his prolific output, only painted seven self-portraits. But who was Rembrandt? 1. Earlier Rembrandt Self-Portraits: Rembrandt Laughing, 1628 Rembrandt Laughing by Rembrandt van Rijn, about 1628, via the Getty Museum, Los Angeles Rembrandt Laughing, 1628 was made when the artist was around 21, but he already reveals the skill and ambition of a man destined for success. Rembrandt: The power of his self portraits View time: 28:09 Freelance lecturer James Heard talks you through Rembrandt's illustrious and prolific career, from the successes of his early years in Amsterdam, to his later bankruptcy and the power of his self-portraits. National Treasures Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
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An Elderly Man as Saint Paul Rembrandt Room 22 Anna and the Blind Tobit Rembrandt Room 22 Belshazzar's Feast Rembrandt Room 24 You've viewed 6 of 25 paintings See more add Rembrandt, Self Portrait at the Age of 63, 1669. Read about this painting, learn the key facts and zoom in to discover more. Self-Portrait Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) Dutch 1660 On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 616 Rembrandt was a dedicated self-portraitist all his life, and roughly forty self-portraits by him survive today. This self-portrait by the Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) is one of the jewels of the Scottish National Gallery, and is an incredibly moving depiction of the painter. The life-size painting is arguably one of the most powerful of Rembrandt's many self-portraits, in which the Dutch painter conveys aspects of the human condition like few other painters can, or have. Rembrandt painted this self-portrait in 1659, after he had suffered financial failure despite so many years of success. His spacious house on the Sint-Anthonisbreestraat and other possessions had been auctioned the previous year to satisfy his creditors. In this late work, the deep-set eyes that bore into those of the viewer seem to express.
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Why make a self portrait? A Dutch doll house Van Mander, Het Schilder-Boeck Frederiks Andries, Covered coconut cup Osias Beert, Still Life with Various Vessels on a Table Anthony van Dyck, Self-Portrait as Icarus with Daedalus Saenredam, Interior of Saint Bavo, Haarlem Hals, Singing Boy with Flute Hals, Malle Babbe Frans Hals, The Women Regents Image: Detail from Rembrandt, Self Portrait at the Age of 63, 1669 Early life and training Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born in Leiden in the Netherlands in 1606. His father was a miller, comfortably off and able to send Rembrandt to the town's Latin School.
Rembrandt's self portraits can be divided into three broad phases. He first used them to study his own facial features and expressions, later to advertise his skill, and then in his last years to create art of self-scrutiny. Youthful exuberance Two self portraits 1629 (drawing) and 1630 (etching) by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) Made when Rembrandt (1606 - 1669) was about 22 or 23, this oil-on-copper painting is one of the artist's earliest self-portraits and tronies. It captures him in a moment of giddiness as his face is tilted back in laughter. Wide-Eyed Self-Portrait, 1630
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Taken on the simplest level, Rembrandt's self-portraits are a unique and fascinating visual document: nearly 100 paintings, etchings and drawings that record the maturing of the artist from fresh-faced youth to careworn old age. But what more does this extraordinary sequence of images tell us? Self-portrait with Two Circles at Kenwood House. By the 1660s, however, Rembrandt was no longer presenting himself in the same way, perhaps because he was no longer seeking the same kind of audience he had in the earlier parts of his life. Nearing the end of a long and tempestuous career, the late self-portraits take a different, more somber.
