Research Catalog

Title

Rembrandt's self-portraits : a study in seventeenth-century identity / H. Perry Chapman.

Author

Chapman, H. Perry, 1954-

Publication

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1990.

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Details

Additional Authors

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669.

Description

xix, 189 pages, [152] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits; 26 cm

Summary

"H. Perry Chapman had produced the first comprehensive treatment of the entire body of Rembrandt's self-portraits in their cultural and historical setting and in the context of the artist's life. Prevailing scholarship has tried to discredit the idea that the self-portraits stemmed from any particular inner need, but Chapman counters by presenting fascinating evidence that they represent a conscious and progressive quest for individual identity in a truly modern sense."--Back cover.

Subject

• Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669 > Self-portraits
• Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669
• Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn 1606-1669
• Rembrandt, (1606-1669) > Autoportraits
• Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
• Identity (Psychology) in art
• Identity (Psychology) > Netherlands
• Identity (Psychology)
• Selbstbildnis
• Schilderkunst
• Zelfportretten
• Identity (Psychology) > Netherlands > 17th century
• Painters > Netherlands > 17th century
• Personnalité > Dans l'art
• Netherlands

Genre/Form

• works of art.
• Self-portraits.
• Art.
• Hochschulschrift.
• Œuvres d'art.

Note

• Revision and expansion of thesis.
• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 171-176.

Contents

1. Discovery of the self -- 2. The self fashioned -- 3. The virtuoso ideal transformed -- 4. The artist in the studio -- 5. Rembrandt's Biblical roles -- Epilogue.

ISBN

• 0691040613
• 9780691040615
• 0691002967
• 9780691002965

LCCN

89031150

OCLC

• ocm19352473
• 19352473
• SCSB-1743874

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library