Self-Portrait Leaning on a Stone Sill
Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669) · 1639 · etching and drypoint
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About this picture
Self-Portrait Leaning on a Stone Sill is a CC0 illustration by Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669), dated 1639. Etching and drypoint. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“Self-Portrait Leaning on a Stone Sill” (1639) is from Rembrandt’s Amsterdam work: portraits, biblical scenes, or the etchings in which the darkest passages do as much as the line.
About the artist
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) was a Dutch painter and etcher in Amsterdam. He is known for portraits, biblical scenes, and self-portraits that follow his face from youth into old age, and for etchings that use deep darks.
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