Self-Portrait in a Cap and Scarf with Face dark: Bust (B., Holl. 17; H. 108)

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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Self-Portrait in a Cap and Scarf with Face dark: Bust (B., Holl. 17; H. 108)
etching, 1633, second, final state, a good impression with comparatively little of the wear normally seen in this print, trimmed on or just outside the platemark, a very short repaired u-shaped tear near the upper left corner, a short unobtrusive printing crease at the upper sheet edge, minor thin spots at the upper right corner
S. 134 x 105mm.

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Lot Essay

In this portrait Rembrandt wears military-style dress in an informal manner, complete with a 'point', a button on his shoulder with laces for attaching armour. He also sports an East Indian scarf that features in other works of the period. The dark shadow that envelopes the face was used in painted self-portraits of the time, and shows the influence of Caravaggio, whose paintings were immensely influential in the Netherlands from the 1620's onwards.

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