Self-Portrait with plumed Cap and lowered Sabre (B., Holl. 23; H. 110)

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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Self-Portrait with plumed Cap and lowered Sabre (B., Holl. 23; H. 110)
etching, 1634, third, final state, after the plate had been reduced to an oval, a good impression with minimal wear to the densely etched areas, watermark Basel Crosier (cf. Ash and Fletcher 11 A.b.), with margins, some very pale discoloration, minor soft creasing at the left sheet edge (where hinged verso), a small brown stain on the reverse, otherwise in good condition
P. 130 x 105 mm., S. 136 x 110 mm.

Provenance

With Colnaghi's, London, 1976.

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Lot Essay

Although the likeness is not immediately evident, and other sitters have been suggested, the current consensus is that this is a self-portrait. The small number of impressions (there are only four known in the first state) mean that it is unlikely to have been commissioned. His exotic costume is of the type that filled Rembrandt's large house on the Breerstraat, and which were listed in the inventory of 1656.

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