''Self-Portrait'' or ''Self-Portrait with an Architectural Background'' is a c.1639 oil on panel

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Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (, ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker and draughtsman. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally cons ...

, now in the

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in Paris. It was bought by the art dealer Alexandre Joseph Paillet in London in 1785 for the collection of

Louis XVI Louis XVI (''Louis-Auguste''; ; 23 August 175421 January 1793) was the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. He was referred to as ''Citizen Louis Capet'' during the four months just before he was ...

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*http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=car_not_frame&idNotice=25574 {{ACArt Paintings in the Louvre by Dutch, Flemish and German artists

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