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File:WLA metmuseum Rembrandt Self-portrait 1660.jpg

Summary

Artist
Title Self-portrait
Date 1660
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions Height: 80.3 cm (31.6 in). Width: 67.3 cm (26.5 in).
Gallery 619
Accession number 14.40.618
Object history

by 1738: Jacques I, Prince de Monaco, Duc de Valentinois (1689-1751), Paris
1751: inherited by Honouré III, Prince de Monaco (1720-1795) (?)
by 15 July 1802: Féréol de Bonnemaison, Paris
between 15 July 1802 and 17 July 1802: sale of the collection of Féréol de Bonnemaison at Lebrun, Paris, lotno. 43 (as ‘Rembrandt. 1660. Le propre portrait de Rembrandt, la tête couverte d’une tocque noire, & vêtu d’une robe de couleur brunâtre, de grandeur naturelle & vu à mi-corps. Ce Tableau capital, & du plus beau faire de Rembrandt, sort de la collection du feu duc de Valantinois. – Haut.r 30 pouces, larg.r 25. T.’)
by 1825: William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock (1753-1825)
13 May 1826: purchased by Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton (1774-1848), at the sale of the collection of William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock at Christie’s, London, lotno. 31 (as ‘Rembrandt. Portrait of Rembrandt, by himself. An admirable Picture. A black Hat or Cap, placed obliquely on the head, gives a very brilliant relief to the countenance, which is lighted up with rich effect. The flesh exhibits every variety of tint, harmoniously blended: - a true representation of nature. From the collection of the Duc de Valentinois - 30.5 inches by 25.5’)
1848: inherited by Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton (1799-1864), from Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton
1864: inherited by Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton (1800-1868), from Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton
1868: inherited by Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton (1835-1889), from Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton
1889: inherited by Francis Denzil Edward, 5th Baron Ashburton (1866-1938), from Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton
by 1908: Arthur J. Sulley & Co. (art dealer), London
by 1909: Charles Sedelmeyer (art dealer), Paris
1909: purchased by Benjamin Altman (1840-1913), New York City, from Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris

1913: bequeathed to Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, by Benjamin Altman, New York
Exhibition history

[Pictures by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, and English masters], British Institution, London, June 1829, Cat.no. 10.
Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters and by Deceased Masters of the British School. Winter Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1890, Cat.no. 145.
The Art of Rembrandt, 21 January 1942–?, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, no catalog.
Rembrandt, 1952, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, no catalog.
Portrait of the Artist, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 18 January 1972–7 March 1972, Cat.no. 8.
Rembrandt/Not Rembrandt in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 10 October 1995–7 January 1996, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Cat.no. 15.
The Age of Rembrandt, Dutch paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 18 September 2007–6 January 2008, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, no catalog.

Rembrandt by himself/Rembrandt zelf, 5 June 1999–5 September 1999, National Gallery, London, 25 September 1999–9 January 2000, Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, The Hague, Cat.no. 80.
Inscriptions

Signature and date bottom right: Rembrandt / f. 1660

verso: Portrait de Rimbrant peint par luy mesme noce Duc de Valentinois 1738 - Removed during the 1944 (?) restoration
References

Metropolitan Museum of Art, as Self-Portrait, 80.3 × 67.3 cm (31.6 × 26.5 in).
RKDimages, Art-work number 29850, as Self-Portrait, 80.3 × 67.3 cm (31.6 × 26.5 in).

Web Gallery of Art, as Self-Portrait, 80 × 67 cm (31.5 × 26.4 in).
Source/Photographer Unknown

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Image title
  • Self-Portrait
    • oil on canvas
    • 80.3 x 67.3 cm
    • signed (l.l.): Rembrandt / f.1660
Author Rembrandt van Rijn
Copyright holder
  • http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/110001847
Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 118 dpi
Vertical resolution 118 dpi
Software used GIMP 2.6.12
File change date and time 19:57, 9 June 2012
Colour space sRGB
Image height 3,127 px
Image width 3,651 px
Date and time of digitizing 21:57, 9 June 2012
Date metadata was last modified 21:57, 9 June 2012
Short title
  • Self-Portrait

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