Where can you see Rembrandt in Florence?

At the Uffizi Gallery: Head of a Young Man and Self-Portrait as an Old Man. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Rembrandt's most famous work in Florence?

Head of a Young Man, of about 1634, at the Uffizi Gallery. A young man in a soft cap and a steel collar. It was shown for centuries as a self-portrait of Rembrandt in his late twenties, and the gallery now calls it a study of a head.

When and where was Rembrandt born?

On 15 July 1606, at Leiden, Netherlands. Rembrandt died on 4 October 1669, at Amsterdam, Netherlands, aged about 63.

What is Rembrandt known for?

The Uffizi has his self-portrait as an old man. They belong to the Medici collection of painters' self-portraits, the oldest and largest of its kind. The Grand Duke Cosimo III called on him in Amsterdam in 1667. Rembrandt was a Dutch painter, of the Dutch Golden Age.

Painter, 1606 to 1669

Rembrandt

A Medici cardinal began collecting the self-portraits of painters in the seventeenth century, and the grand dukes went on with it. That is how Rembrandt comes to be in Florence.

Born: 1606, Leiden, Netherlands
Died: 1669, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Movement: Dutch Golden Age
In Florence: 2 works in 1 museum

Where to see Rembrandt in Florence

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Uffizi Gallery2 works

Head of a Young Man
about 1634
A young man in a soft cap and a steel collar. It was shown for centuries as a self-portrait of Rembrandt in his late twenties, and the gallery now calls it a study of a head.
Self-Portrait as an Old Man
about 1665 to 1669
Painted in his last years: a heavy, worn face under a dark cap, with nothing in the picture but the man.

The life of Rembrandt

Rembrandt van Rijn was born in Leiden in 1606 and moved to Amsterdam, where he became the most sought-after portrait painter in the richest city in Europe. He painted, drew and etched without stopping, and made dozens of portraits of himself, from a confident young man to a ruined old one.

His wife Saskia died young, his spending outran his income, and in 1656 he was declared insolvent and his house and collection were sold. The paintings of his last years, darker and rougher, are the ones later centuries came to value most. He died in Amsterdam in 1669.

What to know

The Uffizi has his self-portrait as an old man
They belong to the Medici collection of painters' self-portraits, the oldest and largest of its kind
The Grand Duke Cosimo III called on him in Amsterdam in 1667

Born: 15 July 1606, Leiden, Netherlands
Died: 4 October 1669, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Rembrandt: common questions

Where can you see Rembrandt in Florence?: At the Uffizi Gallery: Head of a Young Man and Self-Portrait as an Old Man. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Rembrandt's most famous work in Florence?: Head of a Young Man, of about 1634, at the Uffizi Gallery. A young man in a soft cap and a steel collar. It was shown for centuries as a self-portrait of Rembrandt in his late twenties, and the gallery now calls it a study of a head.
When and where was Rembrandt born?: On 15 July 1606, at Leiden, Netherlands. Rembrandt died on 4 October 1669, at Amsterdam, Netherlands, aged about 63.
What is Rembrandt known for?: The Uffizi has his self-portrait as an old man. They belong to the Medici collection of painters' self-portraits, the oldest and largest of its kind. The Grand Duke Cosimo III called on him in Amsterdam in 1667. Rembrandt was a Dutch painter, of the Dutch Golden Age.