Self-Portrait with Beret and Two Gold Chains (detail), 1642-1643, Rembrandt van Rijn. Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

CINCINNATI.-Rembrandt presents himself to the world as a young man, a self-made burgher and an old master painter this spring at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Three extraordinary self-portraits by Rembrandt van Rijn, one of the greatest masters in the history of Western art, will be presented together for the first time at the Cincinnati Art Museum from March 8 to May 21, 2008. Rembrandt: Three Faces of the Master will feature three landmark paintings on loan from the Louvre Museum in Paris, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid and the Indianapolis Museum of Art. The Louvre’s masterpiece painting will travel to the U.S. for the first time for this exclusive showing in Cincinnati.
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Self-Portrait with Beret and Two Gold Chains, 1642-1643, Rembrandt van Rijn. Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid