Artist field note

Rembrandt

The face as autobiography.

Self-Portrait with Two Circles by Rembrandt
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Self-Portrait with Two Circles

c. 1665-1669

Age is not corrected or disguised. The painter looks back with the authority of someone who spent a lifetime looking.

The five in one idea

Rembrandt made looking at another person feel like looking into the human condition.