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Self-portrait in a Cap, Laughing
etching, with touches of drypoint, 1630
Already in 1604 the artists’ biographer Karel van Mander advised artists to look in the mirror and practise in the rendering of states of mind. This is what Rembrandt does here. He looks angry, horrified, smiling. Each of these emotions recur in his work. Each of these emotions would recur later in his work.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-OB-687
- Dimensionsheight 52 mm x width 45 mm
- Physical characteristicsets, gedrukt met lichte plaattoon