Self-Portrait with Wide-Open Eyes by Rembrandt van Rijn - 1630 - 50 x 45 mm Rijksmuseum Self-Portrait with Wide-Open Eyes by Rembrandt van Rijn - 1630 - 50 x 45 mm Rijksmuseum

Self-Portrait with Wide-Open Eyes

etching and burin • 50 x 45 mm

  • Rembrandt van Rijn - July 15, 1606 - October 4, 1669 Rembrandt van Rijn

    1630

Throughout his life, Rembrandt painted self-portraits without vanity and with extreme sincerity. Because of this, we can follow all stages of his life. He used various techniques—drawings, etchings, paintings. He depicted himself in nearly 100 pieces of art in various poses. This 1630 etching is very small—only 50 x 45 millimeters and it is a proof how good in this technique Rembrandt was.