Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (1606–1669), Self-Portrait, 1660. Oil on canvas, 31 5/8 x 26 1/2 in. (80.3 x 67.3 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913. Public domain (CC0).

Self-Portrait

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn), 1660. Oil on canvas.

Three-quarter view
Side light
Painting

Half-length, turned three-quarters to the left and looking at the viewer, with strong light from the upper left on the brow, nose and cheek and the rest falling into deep shadow.

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The image is free to use for any purpose: the museum has released it into the public domain.

Value studies

Self-Portrait as a study in 2 values — **Notan, 2 values.** Split at value 1.6: 67% of the picture is dark and 33% light.

Self-Portrait as a study in 3 values — **3 values.** 53% dark (values 0 to 1.2), 40% middle (1.2 to 2.8) and 7% light (2.8 to 10).

Self-Portrait as a study in 5 values — **5 values.** From darkest to lightest: 20%, 34%, 30%, 11% and 5% of the picture.

Split at the picture's natural breaks between light and dark, with Simplify at 5, as in the value study maker. Values run from 0 (black) to 10 (white).

Palette

#1E0F06Value 0.6, warm
24%
#29190BValue 1.1, warm
21%
#362716Value 1.7, warm
16%
#090302Value 0.1, neutral
16%
#39230FValue 1.6, warm
10%
#4C351EValue 2.4, warm
8%
#7A4C2BValue 3.7, warm
3%
#9E6D43Value 5.0, warm
2%

The 8 main colors run from value 0.1 to 5.0: 7 warm and 1 neutral. See warm and cool colors for how the labels are worked out.

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