Rembrandt van Rijn
Portrait of the Artist, ca. 1665
Oil on canvas; 45 x 47 in
Kenwood House, English Heritage
Rembrandt’s Self-Portrait from Kenwood House in NY From April 3 to May 20, 2012, the Metropolitan Museum in New York exhibits Rembrandt’s ‘Portrait of the Artist’ (about 1665), justly renowned as one of the most haunting masterpieces by the artist.]]>
Source: Metropolitan Museum
By special arrangement, Rembrandt’s great “Portrait of the Artist” (ca. 1665), which has never before traveled outside Europe, will be on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from early April through late May, 2012. Kenwood House, the London museum that owns the painting, will close in April 2012 for renovations.
This great canvas will hang near the Metropolitan Museum’s own Self-Portrait by Rembrandt of 1660, providing a rare opportunity to compare the two works which, although close in date, are utterly different in scale, format, and expression. Both were painted during a period of economic difficulties for the artist. The loan will also be an occasion for the Museum to bring together in one gallery the late Rembrandts from the collection.
Grand in size, “Portrait of the Artist” is unique in showing the artist in work clothes holding his painter’s palette, brushes, and maulstick before two circles inscribed on the wall behind him; and it is also referred sometimes as “Self Portrait with Two Circles”.
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