Rembrandt Self-Portrait

After Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) Dutch

Sitter Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) Dutch

1906

Not on view

Waltner, a frequent contributor to the Gazette des Beaux-Arts, made this etching after Rembrandt's self-portrait (ca. 1655) in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna to accompany an article on the Dutch seventeenth-century painter published in October 1906. Waltner's achievements as a reproductive printmaker are closely tied to his work after Rembrandt. Single-sheet signed proofs on luxury paper such as this were printed for an avid market of collectors and connoisseurs.

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Title: Rembrandt Self-Portrait
Etcher: Charles-Albert Waltner (French, Paris 1846–1925 Paris)
Artist: After Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam)
Sitter: Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam)
Date: 1906
Medium: Etching; proof
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 11/16 × 7 5/16 in. (27.2 × 18.6 cm)
Plate: 8 1/4 × 6 9/16 in. (21 × 16.6 cm)
Image: 6 9/16 × 5 7/16 in. (16.7 × 13.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Donato Esposito, 2016
Object Number: 2016.774.15
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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