Self-Portraits: Prints from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art

About the exhibition

The National Gallery of Art presented a selection of printed self-portraits in 1979. The documented impressions include Israhel van Meckenem’s double portrait with his wife Ida and self-portraits by Rembrandt, preserving the particular sheets associated with the exhibition. Exact surviving examples are Rembrandt van Rijn’s Self-Portrait, Frowning (1630; etching on laid paper) and Rembrandt van Rijn’s Self-Portrait Etching at a Window (1648; etching, drypoint, and engraving on laid paper). This is a partial checklist reconstructed from the objects’ museum histories; precise opening and closing days remain unknown.

Also recorded as: Self-Portraits: Prints from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.