Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-69)
'Self-portrait Leaning on a Stone Sill'
1639
Etching (Bartsch 21, State II)
Museum no. CAI 714
Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides

This confident image reveals Rembrandt's admiration for the portraits of Titian. He depicts himself richly dressed in the height of fashion, in lace and fur and wearing a swagger velvet cap.