File:Rembrandt van Rijn - Zelfportret met twee cirkels (Kenwood House).jpg

Summary

Rembrandt: Self Portrait with Two Circles

Artist



Alternative names	Rembrandt van Rijn, Birth name: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Description	Dutch painter, printmaker and drawer
Date of birth/death	15 July 1606	4 October 1669
Location of birth/death	Leiden	Amsterdam
Work period	between circa 1625 and circa 1669 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	Leiden (1620-1624), Amsterdam (1624-1625), Leiden (1625-1633), Amsterdam (1631-1669)
Authority file	: Q5598 VIAF: 64013650 ISNI: 0000000121363802 ULAN: 500011051 LCCN: n79142935 NLA: 35139809 WorldCat

Title

Dutch:

Zelfportret met twee cirkels

Self-Portrait with Two Circles

Object type

painting

Genre

self-portrait

Description

A late self portrait by Rembrandt, from the period when he had lost most of his fortune.

Depicted people

Rembrandt

Date

between circa 1665 and circa 1668

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 143.5 cm (56.4 in); width: 125.2 cm (49.2 in)

Collection

English Heritage

	Native name	The English Heritage Trust
	Location	Swindon , United Kingdom
	Coordinates	51° 33′ 48.6″ N, 1° 47′ 39.84″ W
	Established	1 April 2015
	Authority file	: Q936287 VIAF: 145308002 ISNI: 0000000122226199 LCCN: n86029145 GND: 5012904-1 SUDOC: 033531986 WorldCat

Current location

Kenwood House

	Native name	Kenwood House
	Parent institution	English Heritage
	Location	Hampstead , United Kingdom
	Coordinates	51° 34′ 17″ N, 0° 10′ 03″ W
	Established	1929
	Website	www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/kenwood
	Authority file	: Q764804 Historic England: 1000142

Accession number

88028836

Place of creation

Amsterdam

Object history

by 1759: Claude-Alexandre de Villeneuve, comte de Vence (1702-1760), Paris

9 February 1761–17 February 1761: purchased by Remy at the sale of the collection of comte de Vence at P. Remy, Paris, lot no. 42, for FRF 481 , for M. Le Barry Boonery
1767: acquired by Hennesy, City of Brussels

by 1781: Danoot, City of Brussels

22 December 1828–23 December 1828: purchased by Héris at the sale of the collection of Danoot at Héris, City of Brussels, lot no. 53, for NLG 9,450
1836: acquired by Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780-1863), Bowood House/Meikleour House
Unknown date: inherited by Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne (1816-1866), Bowood House/Meikleour House
Unknown date: inherited by Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845-1927), Bowood House/Meikleour House

1927: acquired by Kenwood House (The Iveagh Bequest), London

Exhibition history

Rembrandt. Schilderijen bijeengebracht ter gelegenheid van de inhuldiging van Hare Majesteit Koningin Wilhelmina, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 8 September 1898–November 1898, cat. no. 99.
Amsterdam in den loop der eeuwen, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 3 July 1925–15 September 1925, cat. no. 523.
Rembrandt, Der Meister und seine Werkstatt, Altes Museum, Berlin, 12 September 1991–10 November 1991, Cat.no. 49.
Rembrandt by himself/Rembrandt zelf, 5 June 1999–5 September 1999, National Gallery, London, 25 September 1999–9 January 2000, Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, The Hague, Cat.no. 83.

Credit line

Iveagh Bequest, 1929

References

RKDimages, Art-work number 29942, as Self Portrait with two circles, 1665-1669
Art UK as Self Portrait with two circles
English Heritage

Source/Photographer

Google Arts & Culture — QgHkNBGhrxU0Ww

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