File:Self-portrait by Rembrandt.jpg

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Rembrandt: Self-Portrait at the Age of 63  wikidata:Q3630743 reasonator:Q3630743
Artist
Rembrandt  (1606–1669)  wikidata:Q5598 s:en:Author:Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn q:en:Rembrandt
 
Rembrandt
Alternative names
Rembrandt van Rijn, Birth name: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Description Dutch painter, printmaker and drawer
Date of birth/death 15 July 1606 Edit this at Wikidata 4 October 1669 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Leiden Edit this at Wikidata Amsterdam Edit this at Wikidata
Work period between circa 1625 and circa 1669
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location
Leiden (1620-1624), Amsterdam (1624-1625), Leiden (1625-1633), Amsterdam (1631-1669)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q5598
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Self-portrait
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre self-portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Depicted people Rembrandt Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1669
date QS:P571,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 86 cm (33.8 in); width: 70.5 cm (27.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,86U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,70.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q180788
Current location
room 23
Accession number
NG221
Object history by 1722
date QS:P,+1722-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1722-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: William van Huls (fl. 1711-1722), London

6 August 1722: purchased by Thomas Brodrick at the sale of the collection of William van Huls at Wilson, London, lot no. 22, for GBP 80
Unknown date: inherited by Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton (ca. 1656-1728), from Thomas Brodrick
Unknown date: inherited by Alan Brodrick, 2nd Viscount Midleton (1702–1747)
Unknown date: inherited by George Brodrick, 3rd Viscount Midleton (1730–1765)
Unknown date: inherited by George Brodrick, 4th Viscount Midleton (1754–1836)
Unknown date: inherited by George Alan Brodrick, 5th Viscount Midleton (1806–1848)

31 July 1851: purchased by National Gallery, London, at the sale of the collection of George Alan Brodrick, 5th Viscount Midleton at Christie's, London, lot no. 78, for GBP 430/10
Exhibition history

Exhibition of Portraits, National Gallery, London, 1939.
Picture of the month, National Gallery, London, 7 October 1942–3 November 1942.
Exhibition of Returned Pictures, National Gallery, London, May 1945.
Artist's Eye. Richard Hamilton, National Gallery, London, 5 July 1978–31 August 1978.
Art in the making: Rembrandt, 12 October 1988–17 January 1989, National Gallery, London, Cat.no. 20.
Rembrandt by himself, 1990–1991, Glasgow Art Gallery, Glasgow.
Rembrandt och hans tid, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2 October 1992–6 January 1993, ISBN 91-7100-416-5, cat. no.  64.
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. 84.

De keuze van Vincent. Van Goghs musée imaginaire, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 14 February 2003–15 June 2003, Cat.no. 72.
Inscriptions

Traces of signature and date bottom left:

[...]t.f. / 1669
References National Gallery, London - online catalogue, as Self Portrait at the Age of 63, 1669, height: 86 cm (33.8 in); width: 70.5 cm (27.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,86U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,70.5U174728
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RKDimages, Art-work number 29937, as Self Portrait at the age of 63, 1669, height: 86 cm (33.8 in); width: 70.5 cm (27.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,86U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,70.5U174728
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 00074739, as Selbstbildnis, circa 1659
date QS:P,+1659-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
, height: 85 cm (33.4 in); width: 69 cm (27.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,85U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,69U174728

Web Gallery of Art, as Self-Portrait, 1669, height: 86 cm (33.8 in); width: 70.5 cm (27.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,86U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,70.5U174728
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Source/Photographer Anthony Bond et al. (2006) Self Portrait. Renaissance to Contemporary, London: National Portrait Gallery [etc.], ISBN 978-1855143579, fig. 31.
Other versions
File:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 135.jpg
Version from www.nationalgallery.org.uk
File:Rembrandt, Self Portrait at the Age of 63.jpg
Other version from www.nationalgallery.org.uk
File:Rembrandt - Self-Portrait - WGA19224.jpg
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File:Portrait of the Painter... - Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn.png

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