Self-portrait

Artist
Rembrandt van Rijn
Year
ca. 1628
Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
22.6 × 18.7 cm

A young Rembrandt, barely twenty-two, confronts his own reflection with startling directness. The early self-portrait reveals the artist’s lifelong fascination with his own face as a vehicle for exploring light, shadow, and emotional expression — a practice he would continue for over four decades.