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Rembrandt Self Portrait at the Age of 34 |
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Painting
Title: Self Portrait at the Age of 34, 1640
Oil on Canvas - 102 x 80 cm
Collection: The National Gallery, London
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
Famous
Dutch artists - Famous
Self Portraits - Portraits
of Men
About the Self Portrait at the Age of 34
Painting
 Self
Portrait at the Age of 34 by Rembrandt van
Rijn is one of a number of self portraits
the artist completed throughout his life.
It shows the artist dressed in an outfit that
would have been worn one hundred years before
Rembrandt painted this work.
Inscribed on the Rembrandt self portrait is
the word "Conterfeycel" which is
an old Dutch word for "portrait".
The self portrait was bought by the National
Gallery in 1861 and is still in their collection.
The National Gallery is located in Trafalgar
Square, London, England.
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