DETAILS
- Artist
- Rembrandt
- Date
- 1642
- Location
- Hermitage Museum
ART MOVEMENTS
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THE ARTIST
Rembrandt
1606–1669 · Dutch RepublicRembrandt painted ~40 self-portraits across his life, creating history's most intimate visual autobiography.
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Further Works by Rembrandt
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Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol (born about 1599, died 1671 or later)
1626 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Musical Company
1626 · Museum De Lakenhal
Apostle Peter
1629 · Nationalmuseum
Head of an Old Man in a Cap
1629 · Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Minerva
1631 · Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Old Man with a Gold Chain
1631 · Art Institute of Chicago
Young Man with a Plumed Hat
1631 · Toledo Museum of Art
Bathsheba at her toilet, seen by King David
1632 · Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes
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Paulus Verschuur (1606–1667)
Frans Hals · 1643 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Wedding of Peleus and Thetis
Peter Paul Rubens · 1636 · Art Institute of Chicago
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Diana and her Nymphs
Johannes Vermeer · 1650 · Mauritshuis
Same era · 1620s–1650s
An Elegant Company
Samuel Alcock & Company · 1632 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1620s–1650s
Saint Romanus of Antioch and Saint Barulas
Master of the View of Saint Gudula · 1638 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1620s–1650s
Portrait of a man
Willem van der Vliet · 1634 · Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
Same era · 1620s–1650s
Portrait of Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxony-Gotha-Altenburg
Salomon Duarte · 1650 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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Saint Sebastian tended by Saint Irene
Georges de La Tour · 1634 · Gemäldegalerie Berlin
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King David playing the harp among angels
Hendrick ter Brugghen · 1628 · National Museum in Warsaw
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Two Deformed Heads with Very Long Upper Lips
Leonardo da Vinci · 1645 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1620s–1650s
Tree Peonies in Full Bloom
Artist Unknown - The Mercat Cross, Aberdeen · 1644 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1620s–1650s
Abraham and Isaac
Rembrandt van Rijn · 1645 · Art Institute of Chicago


