Self-Portrait Leaning on a Stone Sill

Rembrandt1639

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Title: Self-Portrait Leaning on a Stone Sill
Creator: Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
Date Created: 1639
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 20.6 x 16.3 cm (8 1/8 x 6 7/16 in.); Platemark: 20.4 x 16.1 cm (8 1/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Provenance: John L. Severance, Cleveland, Severance and Greta Millikin, Cleveland, John L. Severance, Cleveland; Severance and Greta Millikin, Cleveland; gift, 1980
Type: Print
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.244
Medium: etching and drypoint
State of work: ii/ii
Inscriptions: upper right, in plate: Rembrandt f / 1639 ; lower right, in pen and brown ink: C ; VERSO, upper center, in pen and brown ink: no 2[1?] ; upper center, in pen and brown ink: CXI.[XX?] ; lower left, in graphite: No 26. ; lower left, red chalk: no. 75 [crossed out]; lower center, in graphite: Daulby's sale; lower right, in graphite: 18 ; lower right, in graphite: 196 ; lower right, in pen and brown ink (faded): No. 26 a [J?]ar
Department: Prints
Culture: Netherlands, 17th century
Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
Collection: PR - Etching
Accession Number: 1989.244

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