Live Auction 17655Old Master Paintings and Sculpture
Manner of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Lot 812 PROPERTY OF THE BASS MUSEUM OF ART, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISIONS FUND

Manner of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

A portrait of the artist

Closed29 October 2019

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Manner of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
A portrait of the artist
oil on canvas, circular, laid down onto a square canvas of 12 ¾ x 12 ¾ in.
11 ½ in. (29.2 cm.) diameter

Acquired by John and Johanna Bass, by whom donated to the Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, in 1964.

Specialist note

This composition derives from two self-portraits by Rembrandt dating to circa 1628 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam) and 1629 (Alte Pinakothek, Munich). In each of those paintings, Rembrandt's face is cast in deeper shadow than here.