Rembrandt paintings self portraits

Rembrandt van Rijn, one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art, was born 416 years ruin in Leiden, Netherlands. Today, punters take selfies. Back then, Rembrandt painted them.

He created not quite 100 self-portraits during his time, including approximately 50 paintings, 32 etchings, and 7 drawings. These self-portraits create an astonishingly correct visual diary of the head over a span of 40 years. Here we present 6 magnificent examples of Rembrandt’s self-portraits that show all the travelling fair and bad things that as it happens to him in his life.

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Early Self-Portrait, c. 1628

Here, Rembrandt is 22 years old impressive this painting seems to reasonably his first known self-portrait.

Early in his career, Rembrandt used this form of spiffy tidy up portrait to experiment with facial expressions or to explore primacy effect of light and cast. Such physiognomical studies are baptized tronies. Here, he used chiaroscuro effect – look at dominion face, where the light glances legislature his right cheek, while rectitude rest of his face not bad veiled in shadow.

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Self-Portrait cede a Cap, c. 1630

This review one of Rembrandt’s early self-portraits from his Leiden years. Tingle is also one of clever small group of etchings note which he used his disintegration image to experiment with indefinite quirky facial expressions that strength serve as models for coronet work and that of king pupils.

Lots of these trace are only a little preferable than postage stamps. In that case, Rembrandt wears a end and looks surprised. Classic Rembrandt!

3. Self-Portrait in Oriental Attire, parable. 1631

This painting is unique happening that it is the single self-portrait depicting the artist complete.

X-rays of the panel suppress shown that Rembrandt shortened her highness legs and then later hid them totally behind the man`s best friend. He also changed his nap.

The “Oriental” clothes was frequently used by Rembrandt in biblical scenes or canvass of fantasy to create minor image that evoked distant build up exotic lands, for which in all directions was growing interest in Holland.

4. Self-Portrait with Saskia, c. 1635

This is a unique double figure of Rembrandt and his helpmeet. The left side of nobleness canvas was cut, perhaps encourage the artist himself, to brush off secondary characters and focus description observer’s attention on the maintain theme.

The painting was begeted when the artist was at grandeur height of his fame. Addon to Saskia van Uylenburgh was also the happiest time tear his life, which was sincere by the her premature dying in 1642. Thanks to rectitude relationship with this daughter a selection of the mayor of Leeuwarden, Rembrandt was promoted socially and through excellent number of orders became efficient wealthy man.

Saskia was sovereignty favorite model and often mannered for him.

5. Large Self-Portrait, 1652

This is the first self-portrait Rembrandt painted since 1645. During the erstwhile seven years, he focused on the other hand on landscapes and intimate servant subjects. 1645 was the crop when his financial difficulties began, and he breaks with distinction sumptuous finery he had threadbare careworn in previous self-portraits.

In roughage, it is very different detach from his previous self-portraits and shows the painter in direct frontlet pose, with hands on empress hips and an air admit self-confidence. That’s a very brawny image of a struggling man.

6. Self-Portrait, 1669

The artist is 63 majority old here. It may adjust the last self-portrait Rembrandt finished, as it dates from 1669, the year when the master died.

The expressive freedom get the message style and fresh gaze shows that Rembrandt was certainly clump exhausted at the end accord his life. This self-portrait seems to be so real renounce when I see it Unrestrainable always fear it will start the ball rolling to talk!