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Rembrandt van Rijn / Self-portrait with breastplate
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Self-portrait with breastplate

1629 · Oil on oak panel

ArtistRRembrandt van Rijn
MuseumGGermanisches Nationalmuseum
MovementBBaroque
LocationNuremberg, Germany
Genreself-portrait
Dimensions38.2 × 31 cm
SourceWikidata Q18655609

Why it matters

The young Rembrandt portrays himself wearing a gorget, in an oil-on-panel self-portrait now in Nuremberg.

Did you know?

  • It dates from around 1629.
  • It is painted on panel.
  • It is in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum.

Based on the Wikipedia article Self-Portrait in a Gorget (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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