Rembrandt self-portrait makes first U.S. appearance in Cincinnati exhibit

Three self-portraits by Rembrandt van Rijn are part of an exhibit at the Cincinnati Art Museum, including one making its first U.S. appearance.

On loan from the Louvre Museum in Paris, “Self-Portrait at the Easel”, completed in 1660, is believed to be first painting in which the Dutch master presents himself as a working artist.

In 1671, King Louis XIV acquired the painting, making it the first Rembrandt to enter a French public collection.

Rembrandt is believed to have painted nearly 40 self-portraits and to have etched 32 more.

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