REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
(b. 1606, Leiden, d. 1669, Amsterdam)

Self-Portrait

1648
Etching, with drypoint and burin, second state of five, 160 x 130 mm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Catalogue number: Bartsch 22.

This is a self-portrait drawing at a window.

Rembrandt drew, etched and painted a small number of images of artists at work. The largest single group, in all media, is of himself.