Self-Portrait Etching at a Window is a 1648 ink by Rembrandt, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white print shows a man sitting by a window, holding a piece of paper. His face is serious, with a cap pulled low over his forehead. Outside the window, faint lines sketch a simple landscape with trees and a building. The artist used sharp lines to create texture—notice the wrinkles in his clothes and the rough wall behind him. This isn’t a painting but a print made with metal plates and ink. Next, look up etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how artists like this made prints.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), known mononymously as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman.
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