15/07/2024
¡FELIZ DÍA DEL GRABADOR!
El día 15 de Julio se conmemora el nacimiento del reconocido pintor y grabador Rembrandt van Rijn y con ello el día mundial del grabador.
Permanece atent@ a que próximamente tendremos clases intensivas sabatinas de grabado 🤓✒️
Happy birthday to Rembrandt, born in 1606 🎉
This is one of dozens of self portraits by Rembrandt. We see the artist in confident pose – self-assured, dressed in expensive-looking fur and velvet, his hat laced with jewels. But, though he is a Dutchman living in the 1640s, Rembrandt is wearing the clothes of a gentleman of the 1520s and his pose is based on paintings by Dürer, Titian and Raphael from a similar date. So, as the subject of the painting, Rembrandt is portraying himself as a Renaissance gentleman, and as the artist he is both paying homage to and directly comparing himself with the most famous artists of that time.
As part of the programme of events to celebrate our Bicentenary, 12 of the nation’s most iconic and well-loved paintings from the collection are being lent to 12 venues across the UK. You can now see Rembrandt's 'Self Portrait at the Age of 34' at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, alongside self portraits by young people who have considered how they would like to be seen by their peers, when, like Rembrandt, they reach the age of 34. Find out more here: https://bit.ly/3xWEAhe
