Self portrait with Saskia
Self portrait with Saskia
Self portrait with Saskia
Self portrait with Saskia

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Print and Drawings
Howard Mele Gallery

Self portrait with Saskia,

1636

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1606–1669; born Leiden, Netherlands; died Amsterdam, Netherlands
x1970-80
Rembrandt painted, etched, and drew more than seventy-five self-portraits. A few included his first wife, Saskia van Uylenburgh, whom he married in 1634. In this etching, Rembrandt portrays both himself and Saskia in old-fashioned dress, challenging the conventions of portraiture, which usually featured the sitters in contemporary attire. The print clearly foregrounds Rembrandt’s identity as a working artist. Shown in the act of drawing or etching, he commands the space and our attention, relegating his wife to the background.

Information

Title
Self portrait with Saskia
Dates

1636

Maker
Rembrandt van Rijn
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 10.4 × 9.5 cm (4 1/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Carl Otto von Kienbusch, Class of 1906
Object Number
x1970-80
Place Made

Europe, Netherlands, Amsterdam

Inscription
Signed and dated in plate, upper left: Rembrandt. f. 1636
Reference Numbers
Hind 144iii; Mz. 22iii; BB. 36-A iii; Bartsch 19
Culture
European
Type
prints
Materials
etchings

Carl Otto von Kienbusch (1884-1976), New York City; gifted to Princeton University Art Museum, 1970.

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