Self-Portrait with Two Circles, c. 1665 — Wikipedia ↗
“Rembrandt's palette is austere by design — earth and bone — but every late self-portrait proves how much warmth can be coaxed out of umber, ochre, and a single highlight of lead white.”
Rembrandt van Rijn
Painter · Baroque · 1606–1669
Dutch master of the Golden Age whose self-portraits and history paintings glow with golden brown, ochre, and dramatic shadow.
The Palette
Curatorial Note
“Rembrandt's palette is austere by design — earth and bone — but every late self-portrait proves how much warmth can be coaxed out of umber, ochre, and a single highlight of lead white.”
Dutch master of the Golden Age whose self-portraits and history paintings glow with golden brown, ochre, and dramatic shadow.
