This drawing is regarded as a youthful self-portrait of Van Hoogstraten on the basis of the similarity to painted self-portraits like the one in the Hermitage, St Petersburg (ca. 1647). He probably drew it while he was apprenticed to Rembrandt. Samuel looks straight at the viewer, so we may assume that he used a mirror.
Specifications
| Title | Self-portrait as a young man |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Pen and brown and gray ink, corrected with white bodycolour, framing lines with the pen in brown ink |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is travelling |
| Dimensions |
Height 102 mm Width 84 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Samuel van Hoogstraten
: Gerbrand van den Eeckhout |
| Accession number | MB 237 (PK) |
| Credits | Purchased 1933 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1933 |
| Creation date | in circa 1644-1645 |
| Internal exhibitions |
De Collectie Twee - wissel VII, Prenten & Tekeningen (2010) Rembrandt in Rotterdam (2005) |
| External exhibitions |
Rembrandt as Impulse - Teacher. Strategist. Bestseller (2024) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Brown wash
> Washing
> Wash
> Drawing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Grey wash
> Washing
> Wash
> Drawing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
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| Geographical origin | Northern Netherlands > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
