Self-Portrait in a Gorget

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Artist Rembrandt   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Yearc. 1629
Medium oil paint, oak panel
Dimensions38.2 cm (15.0 in) × 31 cm (12 in)
Identifiers RKDimages ID: 32002
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur ID: 00021964

Self-Portrait in a Gorget is an oil on panel self-portrait by Dutch painter Rembrandt, created c. 1629. It is held in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, in Nuremberg. [1]

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  1. Rembrandt by himself/Rembrandt zelf, National Gallery, London; Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, Den Haag, 1999-2000

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