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Rembrandt · 1660

Self-Portrait — Rembrandt
Face & Portrait ★★☆ Intermediate

What you practise here

Rembrandt: etched self-portrait, expression and shadow

Start from the skull as a ball, place the brow line and the centre line, then check the thirds of the face before any detail. Compare angles, not features.

Draw this — free, no account Museum source

Public-domain artwork from a museum collection, reproduced for study. 100% real art — 0% AI.

Other artworks to study

Rembrandt - Circle of - Sleeping Lion, NMH 20091863 Rembrandt - Circle of - Sleeping Lion, NMH 20091863 The Last Supper, after Leonardo da Vinci The Last Supper, after Leonardo da Vinci Portrait of a Woman Portrait of a Woman Rembrandt lion asleep, w9590 Rembrandt lion asleep, w9590 Rembrandt - Lion couché, 13-611257 Rembrandt - Lion couché, 13-611257 Herman Doomer (ca. 1595–1650) Herman Doomer (ca. 1595–1650)