Self-Portrait with Beret
ArtistRembrandt
Year1659
MediumOil on canvas
LocationNational Gallery, Washington DC
About Self-Portrait with Beret
Rembrandt painted over 80 self-portraits, more than any other major artist. This one shows him at 53, financially ruined but artistically at his peak. The circles under his eyes are not vanity. He holds a maulstick, a painters rest.
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