Self-Portrait (?) with Plumed Cap and Lowered Sabre

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Self-Portrait (?) with Plumed Cap and Lowered Sabre
1634
Etching and engraving on paper.
130 x 108 mm
RvR 31
NHD 135, II
Provenance: 
George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
Inscription: 

Signed and dated upper left, "Rembrandt f 1634".

Notes: 

Collector's mark (JPM) on verso.
Plate reduced to irregular oval (130 x 108 mm) with bust length portrait.
Various other identifications have been made for this portrait; a fancy self portrait (Hind), Joris de Caullery (Biörklund), Philips van Dorp (Six) and Prince Adolphus of Gueldres (Blanc). (White and Boon)

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
School: 
Dutch
Century: 
17th century
Classification: 
Print
Department: 
Drawings and Prints