The RembrandtOpen Impression Project

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The British Museum

print (described as 'Self-portrait of Rembrandt, in a velvet cap with plume, half-length facing front, with left hand inside tunic; second state with jaw delineated. 1638') · F,4.25
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Holder
The British Museum
Place
London, United Kingdom
Accession
F,4.25
Title as catalogued
print (described as 'Self-portrait of Rembrandt, in a velvet cap with plume, half-length facing front, with left hand inside tunic; second state with jaw delineated. 1638')
Date as catalogued
1638
Medium as catalogued
etching
State
II · New Hollstein
State, verbatim
second state with jaw delineated (New Hollstein 170.II)
Catalogue references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 170.II; Hind 1923 no. 156; White & Boon 1969 no. 20
Plate
Sheet
Watermark
Probably Strasbourg lily (Hinterding catalogue, variant ZZ.zz [detail of top only])
Collector marks
Provenance
Bequeathed by: Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode; Acquisition date 1799
Credit line
Bequeathed by Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode
Condition
Rights
Not stated
Checked
2026-08-12 — Project — record read directly from the holding institution's own published record

Transcription notes

Dimensions given without a plate/sheet label: 'Height: 134 millimetres / Width: 105 millimetres'. Additional ID: Miscellaneous number 1973,U.893. Curator's comment: 'For another impression and comment see 1910,0212.376.'

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