Rembrandt van Rijn - Self-portrait 1659

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Rembrandt van Rijn - Self-portrait 1659

Self-portrait 1659
66x84cm oil/canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes

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From National Gallery of Art, Washington:
Rembrandt painted, drew, and etched so many self-portraits in his lifetime that changes in his appearance invite us to gauge his moods by comparing one image to another. Such a biographical reading is encouraged by the way in which the artist confronts the viewer directly. Rembrandt painted this self-portrait in 1659, after he had suffered financial failure despite so many years of success. His spacious house on the Sint-Anthonisbreestraat and other possessions had been auctioned the previous year to satisfy his creditors.