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Media Release • 1 May 23

Rembrandt: True to Life

REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn
Self-portrait leaning on a stone sill 1639
etching, touched with black chalk
20.5 x 16.4 cm (plate) 20.8 x 16.6 cm (sheet)
1st of 2 states
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1891
p.186.5-1
REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn
The Hundred Guilder print (c. 1648)
etching, drypoint and engraving on Japanese paper
28.1 x 39.4 cm (plate) 28.5 x 39.7 cm (sheet)
2nd of 4 states
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1891
p.186.1-1
REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn
A blind hurdy-gurdy player and family receiving alms 1648
etching and drypoint
16.6 x 13.0 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)
1st of 5 states
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1891
p.185.9-1
REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn
The three trees 1643
etching, drypoint and engraving
21.3 x 28.0 cm (plate) 21.6 x 28.4 cm (sheet)
only state
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1891
p.185.7-1
REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn
Abraham's Sacrifice 1655
etching and drypoint
15.7 x 13.3 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)
only state
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1933
59-4
REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn
Two old men disputing (1628)
oil on wood panel
72.4 x 59.7 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1936
349-4
REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn
Christ crucified between the two thieves: ‘The three crosses’ 1653
drypoint, 3rd state
38.7 × 45.5 cm
Bartsch 78; Hind 270 iiii/v; White & Boon 78 iii/v; NHD 274 iii/v
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Mr and Mrs De Bruijn-van der Leeuw
Bequest, Muri, Switzerland (RP-P-1962-39)
Photo: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn
Self-portrait in a cap, wide-eyed and open-mouthed 1630
etching, 2nd state
5.0 × 4.5 cm
Bartsch 320; Hind 32; White & Boon 320; NHD ii/ii
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Transfer, 1816 (RP-P-OB-697)
Photo: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn
Self-portrait 1659
oil on canvas
84.5 × 66.0 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Andrew W. Mellon Collection (1937.1.72)
Photo: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC