Self Portrait in a Velvet Cap with Plume, 1638

  • Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669

Etching printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 5 3/8 × 4 1/8 inches (13.7 × 10.5 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S923

Signed and dated, in plate, upper left of image: Rembrandt f | 1638

Watermark, upper center of image Stamp, verso: Scripps 1888 [added in ink to stamp]

Inscribed, in pencil, upper left corner of image: C

1888, Gabrielli Sale (Rome, Italy). 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Self Portrait in a Velvet Cap with Plume, 1638, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S923.