Self-Portrait in a Velvet Cap with Plume is a 1638 ink by Rembrandt, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white drawing of a man with a thick beard and curly hair. He’s wearing a soft velvet cap with a feather sticking out from the side. His collar is high and decorated with a pattern, and he’s draped in a heavy-looking fabric over his shoulders. The lines are scratchy and detailed, especially around his face and clothes. This style was made by pressing ink into lines carved into metal. Next, look up etching to see how this technique works.
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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