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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn Creator Nationality: European; Dutch Creator Dates/Places: 1606-1669 Creator Name-CRT: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn Title: Self-Portrait View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1658 Creation End Date: 1658 Creation Date: 1658 Object Type: Paintings Materials and Techniques: oil on canvas (lined) Dimensions: 52 5/8 x 40 7/8 in. (133.7 x 103.8 cm.) Inscriptions: Signed and dated on the arm of the chair at right: "Rembrandt / f. 1658". AMICA Contributor: The Frick Collection Owner Location: New York, New York, USA ID Number: 06.1.97 Credit Line: Purchased Rights: http://www.frick.org Context: Between 1625, the date of his earliest known work, and 1669, the year of his death, Rembrandt painted over sixty self-portraits and drew and etched his own likeness repeatedly. The portraits range as widely in character as in date. The artist's youthful self-portraits concentrated more on reproducing physical appearance, and many seem to have been experiments in which he practiced dramatic lighting effects on transitory facial expressions, using himself as a model. The later portraits are more subtle andsearching. In the Frick portrait, Rembrandt created an image of strength and worldly power that seems to contradict the external facts of his life. A small man, he portrayed his figure in monumental dimensions. Only fifty-two, he painted a face blurred and eroded by age, sorrows, and illness. A bankrupt, he pictured himself in a costume he seems elsewhere to have associated with ancient or Oriental kingship. The hieratic frontal pose, unusual in self-portraiture of the time, also suggests an enthroned ruler, and the artist holds his stick as if it were a scepter. It gleams as though made of gold, and the warm gold and vermilion colors of his garments further contribute to the impression of richness and power. Related Document Description: New York, The Frick Collection. Art in the Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts [cat.]. Comp. C. Ryskamp, et al., 1996, p.65 (reproduced in color). New York, The Frick Collection. An Illustrated Catalogue. Vol.1, Paintings. [cat.]. 1968, pp.266-269, p.267 (reproduced). AMICA ID: TFC_.Rembrandt.06-1-97 AMICA Library Year: 1999 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Frick Collection, New York, 1999 AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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