Self-portrait in a cap: laughing, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Title(s)

Self-portrait in a cap: laughing

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1961-1182

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 70-13(13)
• Bartsch 316-6(6)
• Hollstein Dutch 316-6(6)

Inscriptions / marks

• monogram and date: ‘RHL 1630’
• mark: Lugt 2228
• inscription: ‘C 14784’

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn
• print maker: anonymous

Dating

1630

Material

• Japanese paper

Technique

etching / intaglio printmaking technique

Measurements

height 48 mm × width 42 mm

What

• head-gear: cap (+ men's clothes)

Who

• Rembrandt van Rijn

Credit line

• Mr and Mrs De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland

Acquisition

bequest 1961

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. I, p. 106, cat.nr. 70
• The visible world : Samuel van Hoogstraten's art theory and the legitimation of painting in the Dutch Golden Age, Beverley Jackson, Lynne Richards, Thijs Weststeijn, p. 183, fig. 67