Terms and conditions of use
Self-portrait leaning on a stone sill
1639
Medium
etching, touched with black chalk
Measurements
20.5 × 16.4 cm (plate) 20.8 × 16.6 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1891
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 21; Hind 168 i/iii; White & Boon 21 i/ii; NHD 171 i/ii
Edition
1st of 2 states
Inscription
printed in ink u.l.: Rembrandt f / 1639
Accession Number
p.186.5-1
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Watermarks
Watermark Form
Strasbourg lily
The Strasbourg lily watermark shows a shield with a fleur-de-lis surmounted by a crown. There are many variants of the Strasbourg lily motif used by papermakers in Strasbourg, and some variants have also been connected to South-West France from the mid-17th century onward.
Watermark and variant description
Strasbourg lily - variant A.HP.a.b. Fleur-de-lis on a crowded shield. The central petal rounded. The crown has three bands, the central one being the broadest. Double horns flank the crown, on which there is a complex fleur-de-lis and leaves. Beside the horns are three-petalled flowers. The shield has side scrolls. Initials HP below.
Closely related watermark references
Heawood 1780 (1680, London);
Churchill 401 (1625);
Wibiral 7b (1660).
Completeness
partial
Chain Line Interval
23-24 mm
Laid Line Frequency
10-11/cm
Placement and spacing of wires
138
Wire Side
verso
Radiograph taken from
verso