Rembrandt: Complete Etchings

Portraits

Rembrandt etched some twenty portraits. As a rule they were intended not for general sale but for use in private circles. Many  of the people portrayed were acquaintances or friends of Rembrandt's. Clement de Jonghe was a print dealer. He owned a  great many of Rembrandt's etching plates, including Simeon's Hymn of Praise and Five Studies of the Head of Saskia. The  apothecary Abraham Francen, the subject of a portrait etched in about 1657, was guardian to Rembrandt's daughter Cornelia.  Rembrandt's earliest portraits are simple in design and technical execution. Later portraits are striking in their complex  composition and elaborate detail. By combining etching with drypoint and burin, Rembrandt sometimes achieved painterly  effects in his portraits-like those of the tax collector Jan Uytenbogaert and that of his friend Jan Six, which are among his most  admired portraits.

self portraits and family members
genre scenes
landscapes
single figures and portraits
biblical themes

	Jan Cornelis Sylvius (Janus Sylvius) 1634
	A Young Woman Reading 1634
	An Old Man, Wearing a Rich Velvet Cap 1637
	An Old Woman, Sleeping 1635
	Johannes Uijtenbodaerd 1635
	Samuel Menasseh Ben Israel 1636
	Wittenboogaert, 'The Gold Weigher' 1639
	A Man in an Arbour 1642
	Three Heads of Women, One Asleep 1637
	A Man Playing Cards 1641
	A Young Woman with a Basket 1642
	Portrait of a Boy, Half-Length 1641
	A Man Playing Cards 1641
	Portrait, Unknown, of an Old Man with a Divided Fur Cap 1640
	Corneliz Claesz Anslo 1641
	The Portrait of Jan Six 1647
	Abraham Franz, or Francen 1656
	Ephraim Bonus 1647
	Portrait of Jan Asselyn 1647
	Portrait of Clement de Jonge 1651
	Jan Cornelis Sylvius: An Oval Portrait 1646
	Doctor Arnoldus Tholinx 1656
	Johannes Lutma 1656
	Thomas Jacobsz Haring: Portrait of an Unknown as 'The Young Haring' 1655
	Jacob Haring: Portrait Known as 'The Old Haring' 1655
	Portrait of Coppenol: A Large Plate 1658
	Portrait of Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol: A Smaller Plate 1653
	Jan Antonedis van der Linden 1665