The dozens of self-portraits by Rembrandt were an important part of his oeuvre. Rembrandt created approaching one hundred self-portraits including over forty paintings, thirty-one etchings and about s
Role-playing in Self-portrait as an Oriental Potentate with a Kris, etching, 1634. B18
A more cheerful pose painted on copper. Rembrandt Laughing, c. 1628, re-discovered in 2008, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
A young Rembrandt (c. 1628) when he was 22. Partly an exercise in chiaroscuro. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, known mononymously as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the histo
Self-Portrait with Beret and Turned-Up Collar (1659)
Latin school at Lokhorststraat 16, Leiden
Rembrandt lived at the Amstel river almost next to Kloveniersdoelen where The Night Watch was exhibited for years; painting by Jan Ekels the Elder (1775)
Rembrandt's house at Jodenbreestraat by Cornelis Springer (1853); in the background the Zuiderkerk where his children were buried