29 REMBRANDT, VAN RYN 1606-1669 PORTRAIT OF HIMSELF — "Rembrandt, seated with a stick in his left hand, about 50 years old, seated facing and looking at the spectator. In a full yellow gaberdine, with a red sash, a brown cloak with a white neckcloth, and gold embroidered shoulder straps. On his head he wears a dark cap under which a brown skull cap is visible. He has a short moustache. In his left hand he holds a stick, with a silver know, dark background." See Dr. Bode's Rembrandt, Vol. VI, p. 88, No. 428.

Dr. Bode, in speaking of Rembrandt's portraits of himself, in an article devoted to the subject, Vol. VI, calls this the most dignified of all his portraits. "The attitude and expression," he says, are so imposing, so full of distinction and calm, that we might rather suppose the work to represent some commercial magnate of Amsterdam, such as the President of the East India Company, than one of the poorest Artists of the City."

Illustrated in Dr. Bode's "Rembrandt," Vol. VI, opposite. 88.

Reference to this picture is also made in Smith's Catalogue Raisonne, Part VII, and Emile Michel's "Rembrandt," P. 433. Exhibited; British Institution, 1815, No. 30. Exhibited.; British Gallery, 1824. Exhibited: Burlington House, 1889, No. 157. Signed on the knob of the chair, "Rembrandt f 1658." Canvas: W. 40 1/2; H. 51 1/2. Collection: Earl of Ilchester, Melbury Park, England.

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30 REMBRANDT, VAN RYN 1606-1669 A YOUNG PAINTER IN A HIGH HAT HOLDING HIS SKETCH BOOK IN HIS HANDS — "Aged about five and twenty, turned to the right, seated at a table with a red cover, and looking at the spectator; with his left hand he holds some loose sheets of paper before him; his right hand, in which he grasps a pencil, rests on the edge of the table. On his long dark brown hair he wears a broad-brimmed hat, entwined with a trail of blossom, which throws a shadow over the upper part of his face. Closely clipped oustache. He is dressed in a full black coat over a golden green doublet, with a plain white collar and cuffs to match." See Dr. Bode's "Rembrandt," Vol. V, p. 365.

Illustrated in Dr. Bode's Rembrandt, No. 365, opposite page 140, Vol. V.

Various hypotheses as to the identity of the sitter, sometimes erroneously called Leonhard Bramer, have no secure basis.

Reference to this picture is also made in Smith's Catalogue Raisonne, Part VII, No. 338, and Dutuit, page 43, No. 314, Wurzbach, No. 164; Michel, pp. 382, 555; also Waagen's "Art Treasures," Vol. II, page 280.

Exhibited: Amsterdam 1898, No. 70. Signed at the upper right, below the strip of canvas that has been added, 'Rembrandt f. 1647." Canvas: W. 35 1/8; H. 44 3/4; a strip of canvas 5 1/2 in. wide is joined on above. Collection: Aved, Paris, 1766. Earl of Carlisle, Castle Howard, Yorkshire.

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