Self-Portrait, Rembrandt van Rijn

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31A2421head turned to the left31A5341moustache41D221(CAP)61B:31A2212(+1)61B:31D1461B(+53)48B331A2525hands on top of each other
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Andrew W. Mellon Collection
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NationalGalleryOfArt/opendata: object 79 has an open-access image (published_images.csv, openaccess=1, uuid 5dc133fb-5304-4ccb-b715-9361f638f281); NGA's open data is CC0 (read 2026-08-27)
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Self-Portrait, Rembrandt van Rijn
Self-Portrait — Rembrandt van Rijn1659

Also by Rembrandt van Rijn

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Old Man with a Gold Chain, Rembrandt van Rijn
Old Man with a Gold ChainRembrandt van Rijn1631The Art Institute of Chicago
Bust of a Man in Oriental Dress, Rembrandt van Rijn
Bust of a Man in Oriental DressRembrandt van Rijn1635Rijksmuseum
Adam and Eve, Rembrandt van Rijn
Adam and EveRembrandt van Rijn1638The Art Institute of Chicago
Landscape with Stone Bridge, Rembrandt van Rijn
Landscape with Stone BridgeRembrandt van Rijnc. 1638Rijksmuseum
Still Life with Dead Peacocks, Rembrandt van Rijn
Still Life with Dead PeacocksRembrandt van Rijnc. 1639Rijksmuseum
Three Oriental Figures (Jacob and Laban?), Rembrandt van Rijn
Three Oriental Figures (Jacob and Laban?)Rembrandt van Rijn1641The Art Institute of Chicago
Officers and other civic guardsmen of District II in Amsterdam, under the command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch, known as ‘The Night Watch’, Rembrandt van Rijn
Officers and other civic guardsmen of District II in Amsterdam, under the command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch, known as ‘The Night Watch’Rembrandt van Rijn1642Rijksmuseum
Abraham and Isaac, Rembrandt van Rijn
Abraham and IsaacRembrandt van Rijn1645The Art Institute of Chicago

Within fifty years of 1659

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Writing Example from Spieghel der Schrijfkonste. Tweede Deel (The Mirror of Art Writing, Second Part), Jan van de Velde I, Netherlandish, 1569–1623
Writing Example from Spieghel der Schrijfkonste. Tweede Deel (The Mirror of Art Writing, Second Part)Jan van de Velde I, Netherlandish, 1569–16231609Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
The Capture of Samson, Peter Paul Rubens
The Capture of SamsonPeter Paul Rubens1609–10The Art Institute of Chicago
Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae, solius verae, christiano-kabalisticum, divino-magicum, nec non physico-chymicum, tertriunum, catholicon, Khunrath, Heinrich
Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae, solius verae, christiano-kabalisticum, divino-magicum, nec non physico-chymicum, tertriunum, catholiconKhunrath, Heinrich1609Stiftung der Werke von C.G.Jung, Zürich, online
Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae, page [6], Khunrath, Heinrich
Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae, page [6]Khunrath, Heinrich1609Stiftung der Werke von C.G.Jung, Zürich, online
Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae, page 1, Khunrath, Heinrich
Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae, page 1Khunrath, Heinrich1609Stiftung der Werke von C.G.Jung, Zürich, online
Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae, page 18, Khunrath, Heinrich
Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae, page 18Khunrath, Heinrich1609Stiftung der Werke von C.G.Jung, Zürich, online
Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae, page 23, Khunrath, Heinrich
Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae, page 23Khunrath, Heinrich1609Stiftung der Werke von C.G.Jung, Zürich, online
Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae, page 1, Khunrath, Heinrich
Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae, page 1Khunrath, Heinrich1609Stiftung der Werke von C.G.Jung, Zürich, online

Also at National Gallery of Art

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Figure of a Man, after Polidoro da Caravaggio
Figure of a Manafter Polidoro da CaravaggioNational Gallery of Art
Scene from Ancient History, Netherlandish 16th Century after Polidoro da Caravaggio
Scene from Ancient HistoryNetherlandish 16th Century after Polidoro da Caravaggio16th centuryNational Gallery of Art
Tribute Money, after Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Tribute Moneyafter Sir Peter Paul RubensNational Gallery of Art
Saturn, Hendrik Goltzius after Polidoro da Caravaggio
SaturnHendrik Goltzius after Polidoro da Caravaggio1592National Gallery of Art
Neptune, Hendrik Goltzius after Polidoro da Caravaggio
NeptuneHendrik Goltzius after Polidoro da Caravaggioprobably 1592National Gallery of Art
Pluto, Hendrik Goltzius after Polidoro da Caravaggio
PlutoHendrik Goltzius after Polidoro da Caravaggioprobably 1592National Gallery of Art
Vulcan, Hendrik Goltzius after Polidoro da Caravaggio
VulcanHendrik Goltzius after Polidoro da Caravaggioprobably 1592National Gallery of Art
Sol or Apollo, Hendrik Goltzius after Polidoro da Caravaggio
Sol or ApolloHendrik Goltzius after Polidoro da Caravaggioprobably 1592National Gallery of Art

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  1. Seven Discourses on Art · Joshua, Sir Reynolds

    By this mode of reasoning Rembrandt has a higher place than Raffaelle. But a very little reflection will serve to show us that these particularities cannot be nature: for how can that be the nature of man, in which no two individuals are the same? It plainly appears that as a work is conducted under the influence of general ideas or partial it is principally to be considered as the effect of a good or a bad taste. As beauty therefore does not consist in taking what lies immediately before
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  2. principles of art history · heinrich wolfflin

    PAINTING 95 Rembrandt The great Ecce Homo (etching of 1650) is an analogous case. As is known, the schema of the composition dates back to a Cinquecentist, Lucas van Leyden. A house wall and a terrace before it, seen frontally; people who have taken up their stand side by side in rows on and in front of the terrace—how are we to get a baroque picture out of all that? We learn with Rembrandt that it is not the subject but the treatment which matters. While Lucas van Leyden exhausts
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Rembrandt van Rijn made Self-Portrait, and made these too.

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