Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Self-Portrait (?) with Plumed Cap and Lowered Sabre
1634
Etching and engraving on paper.
130 x 108 mm
RvR 31
NHD number
NHD 135, II
Notes
Collector's mark (JPM) on verso.
Plate reduced to irregular oval (130 x 108 mm) with bust length portrait.
Various other identifications have been made for this portrait; a fancy self portrait (Hind), Joris de Caullery (Biörklund), Philips van Dorp (Six) and Prince Adolphus of Gueldres (Blanc). (White and Boon)
Plate reduced to irregular oval (130 x 108 mm) with bust length portrait.
Various other identifications have been made for this portrait; a fancy self portrait (Hind), Joris de Caullery (Biörklund), Philips van Dorp (Six) and Prince Adolphus of Gueldres (Blanc). (White and Boon)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated upper left, "Rembrandt f 1634".
Watermark: Basilisk with Basel crozier, threatening church or house.
Watermark: Basilisk with Basel crozier, threatening church or house.
Provenance
George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
Associated names
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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