Self-Portrait Leaning on a Stone Sill

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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: 21.5 x 17.1 cm (8 7/16 x 6 3/4 in.); Platemark: 20.5 x 16.4 cm (8 1/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Provenance: Jan Baptist de Graff (1742-1804), Amsterdam, stamped (Lugt 1120), verso, lower center, in black. Dr. August Sträter (1810-1897), Aix-la-Chapelle, recto, stamp (Lugt 787), lower right, blind stamp; James Parmelee, Cleveland, Ohio; gift, 1940
Type: Print
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.879
Medium: etching and drypoint
State of work: ii/ii
Inscriptions: upper left, in plate: Rembrandt f / 1639 ; VERSO, lower left, in graphite: B 21 II ; lower center, in graphite: C 13345 J. P. ; lower center, in graphite: K5016 / C5315 ; lower center, in graphite: D 9066- ; lower right, in graphite: 27585 P 55 1/4
Department: Prints
Culture: Netherlands, 17th century
Credit Line: Bequest of James Parmelee
Collection: PR - Etching
Accession Number: 1940.879

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