> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.opendemocracy.net/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # “Self-Portrait”, Rembrandt - URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/rembrandt-3742jsp/ - Published: 2006-07-16T23:07:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-04-17T11:48:00.000Z - Author: Open democracy - Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 19:27, #ImagesUploaded ![Self-Portrait with Wide-Open Eyes, Rembrandt, 1630](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3f/80/3f804bea-4b2d-4ddf-9ff0-6ec7d0afa5fa/content/images/2026/04/rembrandt_565_cTuUjXe-1776425887754.jpg) Self-Portrait with Wide-Open Eyes, Rembrandt, 1630 Self-Portrait with Wide-Open Eyes, Rembrandt van Rijn , 1630 Few other artists in the history of western art have painted themselves with the obsessive frequency of Rembrandt (1606–69). This image, produced when the Flemish painter was 24 years-old, is one of a vast collection of self-portraits, including (from those that survive) some 45 in oil, scores of drawings, and over 30 etchings. These works provide a kind of "pictorial autobiography" of Rembrandt, a record of his intense scrutiny of his own features, from his earliest years in Leiden to his death in Amsterdam in 1669.