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In this portrait we can see many of the skills and techniques that Rembrandt used with such great effect. Look at the intense and detailed focus on the face, the skilful layering of paint, the subtle mixing of different skin tones and the use of texture and colour to suggest stubble and pores. The pink, patterned scarf is painted with the same sort of long brushstrokes Rembrandt favoured when depicting fabric of this type.
For many years, it was thought to be a signed self portrait by Rembrandt. We now know that it’s a self portrait by one of his most successful pupils, Govert Flinck. In 1926 cleaning revealed that Rembrandt’s signature had been forged to cover Flinck’s own, probably in the nineteenth century to add value to the painting.
Title
Self Portrait aged 24
Date
1639
Medium
Oil on oak
Measurements
H 65.8 x W 54.4 cm
Accession number
NG4068
Acquisition method
Presented by Ayerst H. Buttery, 1925
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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