Rembrandt: Self-Portrait at the Age of 63
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Artist |
Rembrandt
(1606–1669) |
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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 |
4 October 1669 |
Location of birth/death |
Leiden |
Amsterdam |
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 |
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Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q5598 |
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Title |
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Object type |
painting |
Genre |
self-portrait |
Depicted people |
Rembrandt |
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 |
Collection |
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
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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.
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Inscriptions |
Traces of signature and date bottom left:
[...]t.f. / 1669
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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 .
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 1659date 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 |
Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artwork |
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