Abstract:This study aims at a new interpretation of the late Rembrandt's mysterious Self-Portrait with Two Circles at Kenwood House (1665). Former readings of the picture neglected the fact that in this case the work of painting itself became the explicit subject. Both the psychological evocativeness of the personality represented and the "circles" as enigmatic symbols elicited especial interest as they are very much in evidence-and although commentators realized the presence of the brush, palette and mahlstick, practi… Show more
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