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Explore the exhibition 'Castiglione: Lost Genius' at The Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh opening November 2014.
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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (LEIDEN 1606-AMSTERDAM 1669)

A self-portrait in a plumed cap

dated 1634

RCIN 808192

During the 1630s Rembrandt produced many self-portrait etchings. Here the costume is the true subject matter, and the print thus belongs to a tradition of depictions of figures in exotic dress that appealed strongly to Castiglione. There was a well-established trade in prints between Italy and the Low Countries, and Rembrandt’s etchings would have been available to Castiglione through print dealers in both Rome and Genoa.

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