Self-Portrait with Dishevelled Hair | Rembrandt | 1628 J. M. W. Turner and the passage of time

and the passage of time

masterpiece of animal portraiture

and flowers

where a ship sails away

and personal loss

Self-Portrait with Dishevelled Hair | Rembrandt | 1628 J. M. W. Turner and the passage of timeAbout the artwork: In this early self portrait, a young Rembrandtbarely 22 years oldexperiments with shadow, light, and expression in a bold and intimate study of his own face. The darkness nearly engulfs the canvas, leaving only his illuminated face and tangled hair to emerge from the shadows. His mouth is slightly open, as though caught in the midst of a gasp or a thought, capturing a fleeting, unguarded moment that breaks from the formal self