Rijksmuseum

Self-portrait in a Fur Cap

Date

1630

Medium

paper

Institution

Rijksmuseum

Rembrandt must have had a substantial collection of headgear. Here we see him in a cap pulled forward, a kutchma (a Polish fur hat) and a velvet beret with a visor. Incidentally, in Rembrandt’s time such berets were considered old-fashioned and reminiscent mainly of 16th-century head coverings.

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