In 2017 I began making drawings of Rembrandt self portraits in a small Moleskine watercolor sketchbook. And, as was my habit at the time, before beginning a new sketchbook I neatly trimmed all of the pages from the hardcover binding with a scalpel-s
       
     
REMBRANDT SELF PORTRAITS 2.jpg
       
     
SMALL SELF PORTRAIT (c1627-28)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT AS YOUNG MAN (1628)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT WITH CURLY HAIR (c1628-9)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT WITH PLUMED BERET (1629)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT WITH GORGET (c1629)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT IN A HIGH CAP, FRAMED IN OVAL (c1629)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT (1629)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT WITH CURLY HAIR AND WHITE COLLAR (c.1629)
       
     
"SELF PORTRAIT," WIDE-EYED (1630)
       
     
'SELF PORTRAIT' WITH ANGRY EXPRESSION (1630)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT (1630)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT WITH FUR HAT AND LIGHT-COLORED COAT (1630)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT WITH BERET AND GOLD CHAIN (c1630-1)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT WITH FUR HAT AND DARK COAT (1631)
       
     
MODEL SHEET WITH SELF PORTRAIT (c1631)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT WITH WIDE-BRIMMED HAT (1632)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT WEARING HAT (1632)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT WITH HELMUT (1634)
       
     
'SELF PORTRAIT' AS AN ORIENTAL POTENTATE WITH A KRIS (1634)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT (1634)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT (1640)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT (1642)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT (c1642-43)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT (c1645?)
       
     
MODEL SHEET WITH SELF PORTRAIT (c1645)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT AT THE WINDOW, DRAWING ON ETCHING PLATE (1648)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT (c1642-43)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT WITH BERET (c1655)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT 1958
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT, DRAWING ON AN ETCHING PLATE (1658)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT WITH BERET AND TURNED-UP COLLAR (1659)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT WITH BERET AND UP-TURNED COLLAR (1659?)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT AT THE EASEL (1660)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT (1660)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT AS THE APOSTLE PAUL (1661)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT AS ZEUXIS (c1662)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT WITH TWO CIRCLES (1665 - 1669)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT AT THE AGE OF 63 (1669)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT (c1669)
       
     
SELF PORTRAIT (1669)
       
     
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In 2017 I began making drawings of Rembrandt self portraits in a small Moleskine watercolor sketchbook. And, as was my habit at the time, before beginning a new sketchbook I neatly trimmed all of the pages from the hardcover binding with a scalpel-s
       
     
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In 2017 I began making drawings of Rembrandt self portraits in a small Moleskine watercolor sketchbook. And, as was my habit at the time, before beginning a new sketchbook I neatly trimmed all of the pages from the hardcover binding with a scalpel-sharp X-Acto blade, in effect creating a folio of loose pages. I made a couple dozen drawings, then put them aside for other stuff. Last summer I found the series and began drawing Rembrandt self portraits again.

The drawings weren’t meant to be forgeries of the originals, which is a good thing because they’re hardly that – some of the drawings manage to resemble the paintings or etchings that inspired them, but many of them get goofy. Hopefully, though, just goofy enough to become interesting as drawings all by themselves.

There are 40 drawings based on Rembrandt self portraits in this collection. It’s not a definitive archive of Rembrandt’s self portraits, to be sure, but it’s my little archive, a meditation on a man who spent a considerable amount of time trying to figure himself out, when nobody else was looking.

-Jt (Jersey City, February 12th 2020)

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SMALL SELF PORTRAIT (c1627-28)
       
     
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SMALL SELF PORTRAIT (c1627-28)

Ink on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT AS YOUNG MAN (1628)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT AS YOUNG MAN (1628)

Ink and acrylic on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT WITH CURLY HAIR (c1628-9)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT WITH CURLY HAIR (c1628-9)

Ink on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT WITH PLUMED BERET (1629)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT WITH PLUMED BERET (1629)

Ink and watercolor on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT WITH GORGET (c1629)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT WITH GORGET (c1629)

Ink and acrylic on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT IN A HIGH CAP, FRAMED IN OVAL (c1629)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT IN A HIGH CAP, FRAMED IN OVAL (c1629)

Ink on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT (1629)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT (1629)

Ink and acrylic on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT WITH CURLY HAIR AND WHITE COLLAR (c.1629)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT WITH CURLY HAIR AND WHITE COLLAR (c.1629)

Ink on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

"SELF PORTRAIT," WIDE-EYED (1630)
       
     
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"SELF PORTRAIT," WIDE-EYED (1630)

Ink on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

'SELF PORTRAIT' WITH ANGRY EXPRESSION (1630)
       
     
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'SELF PORTRAIT' WITH ANGRY EXPRESSION (1630)

Ink on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT (1630)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT (1630)

Ink and acrylic on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT WITH FUR HAT AND LIGHT-COLORED COAT (1630)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT WITH FUR HAT AND LIGHT-COLORED COAT (1630)

Ink on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT WITH BERET AND GOLD CHAIN (c1630-1)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT WITH BERET AND GOLD CHAIN (c1630-1)

Ink and acrylic on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT WITH FUR HAT AND DARK COAT (1631)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT WITH FUR HAT AND DARK COAT (1631)

Ink on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

MODEL SHEET WITH SELF PORTRAIT (c1631)
       
     
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MODEL SHEET WITH SELF PORTRAIT (c1631)

Ink on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT WITH WIDE-BRIMMED HAT (1632)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT WITH WIDE-BRIMMED HAT (1632)

Ink, watercolor and acrylic on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT WEARING HAT (1632)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT WEARING HAT (1632)

Ink, watercolor and acrylic on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT WITH HELMUT (1634)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT WITH HELMUT (1634)

Ink, watercolor and acrylic on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

'SELF PORTRAIT' AS AN ORIENTAL POTENTATE WITH A KRIS (1634)
       
     
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'SELF PORTRAIT' AS AN ORIENTAL POTENTATE WITH A KRIS (1634)

Ink on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT (1634)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT (1634)

Ink, watercolor and acrylic on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT (1640)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT (1640)

Ink, watercolor and acrylic on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT (1642)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT (1642)

Ink, watercolor and acrylic on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT (c1642-43)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT (c1642-43)

Ink, watercolor and acrylic on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT (c1645?)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT (c1645?)

Ink, watercolor and acrylic on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

MODEL SHEET WITH SELF PORTRAIT (c1645)
       
     
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MODEL SHEET WITH SELF PORTRAIT (c1645)

Ink on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT AT THE WINDOW, DRAWING ON ETCHING PLATE (1648)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT AT THE WINDOW, DRAWING ON ETCHING PLATE (1648)

Ink on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT (c1642-43)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT (c1642-43)

Ink, watercolor and acrylic on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT WITH BERET (c1655)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT WITH BERET (c1655)

Ink, watercolor and acrylic on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT 1958
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT 1958

Ink, watercolor and acrylic on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT, DRAWING ON AN ETCHING PLATE (1658)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT, DRAWING ON AN ETCHING PLATE (1658)

Ink on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT WITH BERET AND TURNED-UP COLLAR (1659)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT WITH BERET AND TURNED-UP COLLAR (1659)

Ink and acrylic on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT WITH BERET AND UP-TURNED COLLAR (1659?)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT WITH BERET AND UP-TURNED COLLAR (1659?)

Ink, watercolor and acrylic on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT AT THE EASEL (1660)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT AT THE EASEL (1660)

Ink, watercolor and acrylic on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT (1660)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT (1660)

Ink, watercolor and acrylic on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT AS THE APOSTLE PAUL (1661)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT AS THE APOSTLE PAUL (1661)

Ink, watercolor and acrylic on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT AS ZEUXIS (c1662)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT AS ZEUXIS (c1662)

Ink, watercolor and acrylic on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT WITH TWO CIRCLES (1665 - 1669)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT WITH TWO CIRCLES (1665 - 1669)

Ink, watercolor and acrylic on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT AT THE AGE OF 63 (1669)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT AT THE AGE OF 63 (1669)

Ink and acrylic on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT (c1669)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT (c1669)

Ink and acrylic on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

SELF PORTRAIT (1669)
       
     
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SELF PORTRAIT (1669)

Ink, watercolor and acrylic on trimmed Moleskine watercolor sketchbook page, 8 x 5 1/8in

REMBRANDT SELF PORTRAITS 8.jpg
       
     
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